Exactly how particular are you about upkeep on your vehicles? Not just TRs but, drivers too.
I have my beater Sentra that more than likely have the head gasket fail before 150K, it's just the nature of the junk gasket Nissan used. Mine is getting ready to hit 100K. Do I replace the gasket when I can better control the downtime or just wait for it to go bad. When they do fail completely, it usually takes the bearings with it because of anti-freeze in the oil. My though is although it may be more work now, I won't have to be worried about it failing while I'm on the road. My daily commute is 200-250 miles with a 58.5 cent reimbursement from my employer. The repair would be paid for in just three days driving. All the sentra forum guys say to just send my oil out to black stone labs every oil change and see if anti-freeze is in it ($30) with shipping. I worry that it could be too late then. I'd rather just do it now.
I rebuilt the 4t65e in my 03 regal when I had three weeks off work. It had a known problem that would cause the O/D shaft to strip if not upgraded to a stronger shaft. I replaced all the parts that were known to have issues and have 18K miles on it since the rebuild.
How do you guy approach maintenance of your rides and fixing known problems before they become a big problem?
I have my beater Sentra that more than likely have the head gasket fail before 150K, it's just the nature of the junk gasket Nissan used. Mine is getting ready to hit 100K. Do I replace the gasket when I can better control the downtime or just wait for it to go bad. When they do fail completely, it usually takes the bearings with it because of anti-freeze in the oil. My though is although it may be more work now, I won't have to be worried about it failing while I'm on the road. My daily commute is 200-250 miles with a 58.5 cent reimbursement from my employer. The repair would be paid for in just three days driving. All the sentra forum guys say to just send my oil out to black stone labs every oil change and see if anti-freeze is in it ($30) with shipping. I worry that it could be too late then. I'd rather just do it now.
I rebuilt the 4t65e in my 03 regal when I had three weeks off work. It had a known problem that would cause the O/D shaft to strip if not upgraded to a stronger shaft. I replaced all the parts that were known to have issues and have 18K miles on it since the rebuild.
How do you guy approach maintenance of your rides and fixing known problems before they become a big problem?