anotherbrian
Active Member
I'm in a FB Group call "Toyota Supra MK5/MKV Owners Club" and I can say there is no consensus on the cause of the issue and "Supposedly the people who "beat" on their car" is a gross mischaracterization of the discussion there. Some people who beat their car (modded / tracked)I don’t know if this is accurate, but on the FB group I’m a part of it seems to be people who have followed their break in procedure by the book. Supposedly the people who “beat” on their car and drive them like they are meant to are having less issues.
I have no idea if it’s true or if those people are full of crap, but it’s interesting none the less. Im no mechanic by any means so I don’t know if being more aggressive makes everything actually seat properly or not.
from day one do not have the problem and others that treated their cars like a baby have the problem.
There was a post where someone theorized that a coating placed on the block during manufacturing was misapplied or otherwise defective.
BTW Faye Hadley (mechanic) of youtube fame claimed the issue was fixed stating "There was a recall for the valve covers (where the pcv is) that solved the issue in the earlier models !". However I've never seen more info on this and new oil issues keep popping up in the fb group.
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