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Melbourne
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October 2003
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Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 00:20
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Been speakin to a few mates and yeah i've been hearing a lot of stories about spun bearings causing people to have to either rebuild their 3sge or else get another...
My engine has 273.000kms, had a top end rebuild at like 200,000kms and yeah runs really really well, doesn't blow any smoke, Not one bit. doesn't use up oil etc...
I'm just scared a spun bearing will happen to me,
Is there anyway i could tell if its going?
Should i be worried?
Coz i am 
I love the car to bits...
Regards
Adrian!
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 03:39
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keep changing the oil and don't live at 7000 revs and you will be fine! 
These engines are built like tanks
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 04:36
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I barely take it to 6000,
Only taken it past 6000 once...
I change the oil every 5000 and oil filter too....
yeah they are built strong, i feel a lot better now thanx man...
I will go ahead with jdm ecu too, feel a lot better
bloody hell these engines rock!!!
So responsive for what they are!
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 05:42
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SSHHHHHH , whats that noise ???? I thought i heard something
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Location:
Wahroonga
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 05:55
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i spun a bearing doing 110km/h in second, when it was still auto. The only reason it spun was it was redlning the gear and there was an oil leak that spat out all the oil so i had none.
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Location:
Gold Coast, QLD
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 06:07
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AFAIK, the main reason a bearing ends up spinning is lack of lubrication. Once there is none, the friction and heat build up causes the bearing to grab the crank (or the crank to grab the bearing, your choice  ) and that's that.
So I don't think there's any warning to it, I doubt it would take very long for this to happen once the lubrication isn't there.
Keep an eye on the oil system, don't rev the rings off it and you should be fine. Toyota engines are bulletproof, so if it's looked after I wouldn't be surprised to see it make 300000. Mines at 262000, so I'm not far behind you!
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Wed, 04 August 2004 14:06
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I spun mine at 255,000kms
I was at like 6000 constant but I was at a race track, it wasn't that that did it it happened just after coming off a corner so I guess I had an oil surge which momentarily left the bearing unlubed, my lesson, don't take corners hard on redline. a good idea is to get some slick 50 then that way if you do lose the fluid all you stuff is still coated so it won't harm it. thats what I have done now
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Thu, 05 August 2004 01:11
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Hey,
She never sees anything more than 6500, i'm pretty careful, even racing someone, i wouldn't mind getting one of those things to tell u when u've hit a prescribed rev, i think they are a shift kit or something like that...
But yeah I service her religiously, oil gets changed every 5000, its checked every week, same with coolant. So yeah i'm a lot more reasurred about what a spun bearing actually means, so if its always got oil and its not revved HEAPS it shouldn't do it?
Thats a relief...
Thanx for all those that replied
improvedae86 - Yes I am paranoid, i just love the car so much 
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Location:
South Australia
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Thu, 05 August 2004 05:17
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You can always find a way of spinning a bearing But generally speaking revving the nuts off of a car all the time will do something to the engine eventually - either spinning a bearing or killing a valve spring or whatever. Just drive the car sedate, and do all the regular services etc and it'll last as long as it can last.
Alternatively, take the engine apart and put it back together with newer bits in it.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Thu, 05 August 2004 15:25
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| SR TWINCAM wrote on Thu, 05 August 2004 11:11 |
i wouldn't mind getting one of those things to tell u when u've hit a prescribed rev, i think they are a shift kit or something like that...
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A Shift lite???? Rob has one on his collection of ricey bits  you know I am only kidding man 
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Thu, 05 August 2004 23:44
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Shift light thats the one,
Its just yeah sometimes u don't even know how fast ur going, all it would be is a SMALL TINY light even on the dash, like a LED or something but small, nothing ricey like Robs..
hehe
U know i like it too Rob
Are there kits u can buy?
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Location:
South Australia
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Unsettled 4th Gen owner!!!
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Fri, 06 August 2004 00:18
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Can't you hear how fast you are going?????
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