In reply to ultraclyde :
Can you provide a little more info on the GDI spray? What did you use and at what mileage? Is there a year on the 2.5L where things were ironed out better? I'm planning on looking at a few 6's this weekend, one is a '14 and another is a '16. The '14 has about 40K miles and the '16 is around 20k miles.
Knurled. said:Given that the apparent design paramaters for the Skyactiv concept is lightweight and low-friction everything, I'd mainly be concerned about the piston rings sticking, something the Duratec/MZR fours are horrible for. They'll burn huge amounts of oil, and when you pull the pistons out, the rings are just fine, they're just stuck and the oil return passages are plugged. Clean everything up and slap it back together and it's good to go for another 150k, assuming that you didn't kill something from running out of oil.
Kinda sounds like it wants an Italian tune-up once in a while.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
That's part of the benefit of a tiny engine and the slow-car-fast philosophy: an Italian tune up is required just to make it to the grocery store!
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