Originally Posted by NYEngineer
Of five people I know, including myself, only mine and my dad's haven't been to the dealer. My brother got an entire engine, my friend got all new rods and pistons and another guy sold his when it became troublesome.
My dad and I have catch cans and the AFM locked out. My truck has 170,000 miles on it. Not sure how many pop's has. NOW my brother has a catch can and an AFM blocker. My buddy who got the new pistons doesn't listen and just drives his as is.
I really think it's hit or miss, I know several people with the AFM or DOD and when ask them if they've had any issues with it the first thing they say is...what are you talking about? Are you talking about that V8/V4 thingy? No I don't even notice it, I guess it switches into 4 cylinders or something.
I'm amazed because all I hear about is bad things, yet I've only seen one fail...and the guy beat the snot out of it and never changed the oil. Personally I'm hoping I can go 200,000 miles before I have any problems.
I figure...I change my oil every 5,000, I don't beat on it, I don't use it as a work truck...we'll see