what so magnificent with the VQ25 engine?

ex-owner of VQ30DE here. u have no idea how much i've spent to keep this engine alive until it fail on me
oil leaking, ignition problem, plug cable pecah at least 4 pcs, overheated and finally burned for good. maddriver can attest on all these lol.
total spend on engine maintenance alone exceed 5k in the duration of 2 years of ownership.
yea i do understand the car was old (2002 production) and the previous owner did not maintain the car properly (water was already rusty when i got my car. didnt know it coz 2nd hand dealer pour new coolant to cover until i did first service).. However the good thing is that most of the part i replaced was all original and no third party nor new parts spotted. which means im unlucky owner since the first owner get to enjoy the engine naisly while i have to maintain the engine to enjoy it as well LOL

what cause the "injured internally" i think is the part used?
there was once i had to replace the head gasket coz my newly replaced spark plug got oil stain and tan chong said got leak so ask me to change. then i have to change to another new plugs (plat, rm45 each in tc).. and it got 2 heads alamak.

yea, the fuel consumption also crazy giler. full tank 110 can last 380km max. that translate to about 6.3km/l
then the roadtax also giler high RM2100 but the power not very satisfying coz its just a conventional V6 without valve timing. not so refined.
im surprised this engine got award few years in a row in its golden days.
actually that is what motivate me into getting the VQ engine lol

new VQ in passenger car got what improvement ah?
still no vvt lol. i guess the fuel consumption equally bad with old CQ. maybe better abit coz xtronic gearbox..

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Added on October 24, 2011, 9:39 pmim waiting for teana xtronic gearbox so that i can transplant to my car! lol

This post has been edited by imperialrealcs: Oct 24 2011, 09:39 PM

then its not the VQ engine improved, its the whole powertrain upgrade.
the engine basically still the bloody same throughout the years. well maybe some ecu program updates and some mini improvement

i couldnt accept the fact that car without vvt tech still available in luxury market. its the absence of such mechanism that contributed to high fc and yet mild power despite its V6 and 2.5L or up..

16k milage per full tank? lorry fuel tank ke?

yea, super poor fuel consumption from the VQ and high road tax make it valueless