Hey,
In EU, the new trend is 3 cylinder small turbocharged engines. The VW have that(1.0 TSI), Renault, Nissan, Stellantis, manufacturers prefer these. Even Japanese manufacturers are going that way (i.e Suzuki Swift had i4 NA but latest one has i3 NA engine) I heard that these are much susceptible to burn oil or blowing up. Some of them have wet belt system which is way worse.
My question is what to look for these three cylinder engines? How to take care of them, how to drive them?
Thank you!
Thank you! What do you mean by would not over rev them? Like 3k+ rpm?
Scotty doesn't answer follow-up questions, usually.
There's a tachometer in the car (the thing that measures engine speeds in 1000s of RPMs is your tachometer) . If you're always holding the throttle near wide open all the time, that is referred to as over-revving the engine. Any time the tachometer goes into the yellow marker, and especially the red marker, you risk blowing your engine. Staying away from this will help whe engine prolong its life.
@justin-shepherd okey thanks for the definition,
How to drive them? My advice is not to buy them. But if you do, I would change the oil and filter every 4,000 mi with pure synthetic oil and a synthetic oil filter. And I also would not over rev them. But really I wouldn't buy one in the first place
@scottykilmer Thank you! What do you mean by would not over rev them? Like 3k+ rpm?