Most Reliable Engines of All Time

have you ever wondered with all the technology that is available why we can't produce incredibly reliable engines it could it be that engine manufacturers really don't know what they're doing or are they purposely making unreliable engines to make money from parts and repairs everyone knows it's not profitable to make something that lasts forever just by this there are some engine manufacturers that made incredibly good engines so good they had to stop check out these most reliable engines of all time number one rb26dett Nissan Skyline GTR many say that the rb26dett engine is one of the best import engines ever made and is a 2.6 litre straight-six four-stroke gasoline engine made by Nissan some import tuners claim that the engine is so strong that it can easily handle a single or twin turbos and be boosted up to 1,000 to 1,200 horsepower not only is the engine reliable and strong it's a cheap engine - and was produced from 1985 to 2004 so parts are plentiful the engine is most famously known for being in the r34 Nissan Skyline GTR and is quite popular for its strength and power potential and its modification friendly platform for tuners and by the way Nissan has said that it has plans to start producing the engine again in 2019 getting a lot of cartoons really excited off the showroom floor the engine had 276 horsepower which is not bad for a stock two point six liter engine and with a few aftermarket parts bolted on 500 horsepower is easily achievable a unique feature about this engine is that it has six individual throttle bodies instead of one number two - AR efi toyota camry this engine was released in 2008 and was built to replace the 2.4 liter 2az engine and consumes less fuel but has the same power output but the engine which is usually found standard in toyota camry is quite reliable with regular oil changes and maintenance these engines can easily see 150 to 200 thousand miles but even when people didn't change the oil some engines still saw this mileage that's because the engine was developed by applying low friction technologies including roller rockers reduce tension piston rings and the oil pump is very able and has three stages of operation in fact the only thing limiting the longevity of the engine is the cylinder block which cannot be rebuilt or have cylinder liners replaced had these engines not had a disposable engine block there would be even more high mileage engines running about number three Honda K 20 the Honda case series engines is a line of four-cylinder four-stroke car engines which were introduced in 2001 the engines are equipped with low friction parts including roller rockers on the dual overhead cam engines when it comes to spark there is no distributor instead each cylinder has its own ignition coil which sits on top of the spark plug the engine was produced until 2011 and could be found in the Honda Civic Type R and the Honda Integra Type R but those aren't the only models this reliable engine can be found in as it also powers the Acura RSX Type S all S type Honda Civics and some Honda Accords of course there are other variations of the engine with different parts giving it more power for other applications chances are if you're looking at a Honda it has this trusty and reliable engine under the hood number four Mercedes 300d turbo diesel the Mercedes 300d diesel engine is one of the most reliable diesel engines in the world many of these engines are running around with 100 200 and even 350 thousand miles and are still purring like kittens there are even videos of this engine running perfectly with over 200,000 miles and having just a few minor maintenance things done like replacing the filters rebuilding the injectors and replacing all filters sure none of the 300 D cars with this engine and it would win a race as they were notoriously slow and loud turns out this car can do some burnouts with that diesel engine and you'll hear many people saying that the 300 D was one of the best cars ever made number five 3s EFI the Toyota S series engines are a family of straight 4-cylinder engines with displacement from 1.8 to 2.2 liters and is one of the longest running production engines in the world being manufactured by Toyota Motor corporation's from January 1980 to August 2007 with the 3 s EFI being produced from 1986 to 2008 had cast-iron engine block and alloy cylinder heads is so reliable that it can be found in many popular cars like the Camry and was found in cars like the Toyota Celica Corona Carina and even Supra and Super GT the twin cam 16-valve engine has a huge spare parts availability and many who own a car with this engine say it's very good and reliable and it gives respectable performance with average fuel consumption number six BMW M 57 this engine was an inline 6-cylinder turbo diesel that was introduced in 1998 with a couple of different versions that followed shortly after it was a very reliable engine with a cast-iron crankcase that weighed a mere 462 pounds but the interesting thing about this engine is the high compression ratio of sixteen point five to one to 18 point zero to one and they're usually matched with either a single Garrett or BorgWarner twin turbochargers with intercooler depending on the compression ratio many that know this engines say that the M 57 is about as bulletproof as you can get when it comes to a six cylinder diesel engine production on this engine stopped in 2013 but not before it found its way into more than 30 various models of BMW this powerful and dynamic BMW engine has won the engine of the Year award in the 2.5 - 3.0 liter engine category from 1999 to 2000 number 7 M 102 e 23 more most reliable Mercedes engines the M 102 engine came out to replace the old BMW M 115 engine in 1980 this four-cylinder engine was built entirely from scratch it had new cast-iron cylinder block aluminum 8 valve cylinder head with one camshaft in the beginning the m 102 out of bad timing chain which was a single row chain and apparently not strong enough it was replaced by a double row chain which eliminated the problem throughout the years Mercedes continued to improve the engine with new light connecting rods and crankshaft along with hydraulic lifters and improved oil filter the engine had a good run but in 1994 all production on the engine stopped to make way for the 2.0 liter M 111 engine will it be as reliable only time will tell number 8 most reliable Mazda engine for those who aren't familiar with the rotary engine it uses triangle-shaped rotors that spin instead convention pistons for combustion it would seem that an engine like this would be less reliable however it has less moving parts than a conventional engine in that should mean that it's more reliable the Mazda rotary engine is a rather small engine but it is very powerful for its size although it has poor fuel efficiency the 13b re W version became popular due to its low weight and high output it was initially used in Mazda rx-7 s and was still produced until 1995 in the u.s. in 2002 in Japan it was also the world's first volume produced sequential turbocharged motor it's hard to believe that this engine ends up being on a list for reliability but in truth it was a good engine and tuners had a really good time with this one being able to crank out big horsepower numbers with an engine that is only 1.3 liters big number nine Nissan vr38dett Nissan's incredible VR engine is a 3.8 liter twin-turbo dual overhead cam v6 engine that is a variable valve timing in a feedback control system which allows for air to fuel ratio to change according to engine load the engine can be found in a couple of different vehicles and with different engine versions of 480 550 and 600 horsepower however if you're looking for this reliable engine you'll find it in the Nissan GTR and the limited edition juke-r this engine is assembled manually by specially qualified staff at the Yokohama plant the engines are known for going 100,000 to 120,000 miles or even more before having any types of engine problems however a Nissan GTR with really high mileage probably doesn't exist and so it's hard to really know the lifespan limit of this engine number 10 - jay-z - jay-z GTE the Toyota JZ family is a series of inline 6-cylinder engines that was a replacement for the M series inline six-cylinder engines and the Jay Z had 24 valves for its dual overhead camshaft configuration it is an air inter cooled twin turbocharged engine capable of producing 321 horsepower at 5600 rpm in case you think it sounds familiar it's the engine that you'll find in Toyota Supra but the reliable engine is also fond of many other models in Europe it was built in response to Nissan's reliable and successful rb26dett engine which at the time had achieved some Touring Car championships the 2jz GTE originally powered the Toyota Aristo 5 in 1991 before becoming Toyota's flagship performance engine in the Toyota Supra hearing about all these reliable engines makes you wonder what vehicle is running around out there with the most miles on it we found a couple so let's shift gears and check them out number 3 Joseph vaillancourt 1963 Plymouth Fury there's a car in the USA that apparently holds the title of the highest mileage car in North America Joseph Vaillancourt owns a 1963 Plymouth Fury that he is driven as a cab since the mid 1960s during this time the car went through five 225 slant six engines and the TorqueFlite transmission had only been opened once during this time Joe changed the oil on fury every week and watched the car every day however Joe was in an accident in the fury when a truck crashed into the front of it totaling the vehicle good thing Joe was unhurt but the fury wasn't so lucky actor michael barratt heard about the car in the accident and spent twenty thousand dollars to restore the car now the car which has had over 800,000 people ride in it can be seen on display in a car museum number two Gregorius second etus 1976 mercedes 240 d we know what you're thinking of course a car used for your taxi is going to have a lot of miles on it but what better way to test the reliability of a car Gregorius second itis owns this 1976 mercedes 240 d and get this the car has two million eight hundred and fifty thousand miles on it we should note that the car was also used for personal use as well as a taxi gregarious and his car hit the milestone in 2004 and mercedes-benz verified the accuracy of his claim and gave him a new c-class but in order to take the new car he had to give up his old trusty 240 d the 240 d is now on display inside a mercedes benz personal museum as the longest running vehicle in the brand's history number one irving gordon 1966 volvo 1800 s so now that you've heard about a couple of cars with some insane mileage you might be wondering what car and owner holds the record for having the most miles that would be urban Gordon with his 1966 Volvo 1800 s which currently holds the Guinness world record for the highest vehicle mileage on a personal car with over three million miles Irving estimates that he drives the car about 100,000 miles per year where he visits car shows one of his longest road trips was from New York to Canada Popular Mechanics interviewed Irving after he set the world record he talked about the maintenance of his vehicle saying he changes the oil every 3,000 to 3,500 miles and changes the transmission fluid every twenty five thousand miles one of the craziest things is that the original clutch in the car lasted 450 thousand miles for the record a clutch disc has an average lifespan of 50,000 miles with some people getting 100,000 miles could this be Volvo's near indestructible car either way we're sure that Volvo would like to get their hands on this car just to see we hope you enjoyed this video let us know which of these you thought was the most interesting and if you liked the video don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications so you'll be the first to know when a new video arrives thanks for watching and we'll see you next time [Music] [Music]

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Length: 12min 30sec (750 seconds)

Published: Sat May 25 2019