114 days

[WESHOOT2]

132,755 miles today.


BOTH front fender liners are (at least) cracked, and the right side is missing big pieces.

I'm gonna hafta get those fixed before snow flies..........

[WESHOOT2]

Think about it; 132K and all I've broken is that?



Okay, I broke the center console cover a few months in, but that was fratricide

[Moto]

Not bad at all.

No oil seeps yet either?

[Ronzuki]

Ive never owned a street driven Suzuki that weeped oil. The Samurai just started leaking out the back of the engine last year. The distributor o-rings were brittle and broke into pieces. The engine gets really hot crawling around low-low speed in the summer. So hot that I usually have the heater running to aid in keeping it cool when crawling. Actuslly works very well. So it's no surprise that kind of abuse would cook 23 year old gaskets making them brittle.

[murcod]

The H25A and H27A V6's tend to weep a bit. Particularly around the timing chain cover area.

[Ronzuki]

Those V6's are not a Suzuki designed engine. GM junk, leaks are designed in. That's over a $2,000 job to correct. While it's apart to fix the leak, by the time it starts pouring out, you'd be a fool not to do the crappy timing chains and gears.

I was referring to real Suzuki engines.

[KuroNekko]

Those V6's are not a Suzuki designed engine. GM junk, leaks are designed in. That's over a $2,000 job to correct. While it's apart to fix the leak, by the time it starts pouring out, you'd be a fool not to do the crappy timing chains and gears.

I was referring to real Suzuki engines.

Apparently, markets outside of North America got V6 engines that were not designed by GM. These Suzuki H Series engines are smaller in displacement.
However, to their defense, these H Series engines were introduced in 1994 so they are really now a 20 year old design still being implemented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_H_engine

That being said, I agree that real Suzuki engines, especially their 3 and 4 cylinders, are pretty reliable engines. The J24B in our Kizashis have not given folks here much drama.

[WESHOOT2]

This morning, during my walk-around, I found my right front tire flat as a board (why Tim does a walk-around).
At 132,940 miles.

Changed it, brought along an extra tire (one of my snows), and had my shop mount the snow because the flat was unrepairable.

I think that's my fifth flat; dirt roads........


Sadly, I only had about 11,000 on that tire.



NO seeps/leaks/dribbles, but maybe the alternator is whining a wee bit.

[murcod]

Those V6's are not a Suzuki designed engine. GM junk, leaks are designed in. That's over a $2,000 job to correct. While it's apart to fix the leak, by the time it starts pouring out, you'd be a fool not to do the crappy timing chains and gears.

I was referring to real Suzuki engines.

Apparently, markets outside of North America got V6 engines that were not designed by GM. These Suzuki H Series engines are smaller in displacement.
However, to their defense, these H Series engines were introduced in 1994 so they are really now a 20 year old design still being implemented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_H_engine

That being said, I agree that real Suzuki engines, especially their 3 and 4 cylinders, are pretty reliable engines. The J24B in our Kizashis have not given folks here much drama.

The North American market had the same engines in their Grand Vitaras and XL-7's for many years. I've previously looked up the history of the H25A / H27A engines and apparently it started as a joint Suzuki / Mazda venture and then (many years ago) they went their own ways with developing the design further.

No GM involvement as I'm not talking about the 3.2 and 3.6 (?) litre engines that were used the latter GV / XL7 models. We never got the last model GM engined XL7 here.

[KuroNekko]

The North American market had the same engines in their Grand Vitaras and XL-7's for many years. I've previously looked up the history of the H25A / H27A engines and apparently it started as a joint Suzuki / Mazda venture and then (many years ago) they went their own ways with developing the design further.

No GM involvement as I'm not talking about the 3.2 and 3.6 (?) litre engines that were used the latter GV / XL7 models. We never got the last model GM engined XL7 here.

Not surprised that these engines were Japanese-designed. Americans usually won't bother making a V6 smaller than a 3.0 liter, but the Japanese have done it for decades. However, a 2.5 liter displacement is typically a 4 cylinder and while 2.7 liters is rather large, you still see it in 4 cylinders more than 6s. For example, the Toyota Venza has a 2.7 liter 4 banger as its base engine.

When Suzuki got the GM-designed V6s, they were bigger given GM put them in many of their own vehicles.