Toyota Replacement Engines (Used Engines)

Over the past 25 years, Toyota has consistantly offered an excellence in quality that has pleased consumers and made a Toyota a worthwhile investment. Because of their excellent quality, Toyota’s hold their value well. Because they hold their value well, the vehicles are less likely to be “totaled” – literally declared a “total loss” - out in an accident (keep in mind that insurance companies use formulas which compare the value of the vehicle against the damage to the vehicle to determine whether to junk or repair a vehicle). Since they’re less likely to be totaled, the ratio of used parts available vs. the number of vehicles on the road is smaller. That’s the bad part about the excellent quality of a Toyota.

So where does this leave you, the used engine consumer? It means that you must be even more careful when shopping for used engines. When supply is limited, many used engine suppliers lie on miles. A 100,000 mile engine becomes a 50,000 mile engine, a 140,000 mile engine becomes a 70,000 mile engine, and on and on. That’s where CARFAX becomes important on USDM engines (a USDM engine is “United States Domestic Market – vehicles sold here in the United States originally). At Low Mileage Engines, every engine we sell from the US Domestic Market comes with a free CARFAX which we use to verify mileage. We know we have competitors who don’t provide CARFAXes. Why don’t they? That’s simple – would you provide evidence to a potential customer that you were misrepresenting a product? If you were selling an engine as having 70,000 miles, would you give your customer evidence that it in fact had 140,000? Of course not. You could sure sell that engine cheap though! Unfortunately, for you and your family, getting ripped off like that on mileage is not a good deal.

Thus, CARFAX. If you have a late model Toyota with a bad engine and you’re in search of a replacement, Low Mileage Engines will provide you with a free CARFAX to verify the mileage on the engine as long as it comes from the US Domestic Market (we do sell some Toyota engines that are from Japan).

As always, if you need a quote on a good, used engine, please feel free to call us at 901-266-9996 or fill out an engine request form so we can contact you with quotes on several used engines.

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How often should I change my oil?

Today’s oil is better than ever and almost any brand will do.  If you are married to Pensoil, Valvoline, Havoline, Castrol, etc., that is ok. Just use the brand you want.  The shops all want you to come in for a oil & filter change every 3,000 miles, which is overkill.

There are great, great engines out there today. You still need to keep clean oil and a clean oil filter in all of them. I personally use 0w30 Amsoil in my 1997 Honda CRV with their best Amsoil spin on oil filter and they recommend once a year oil change or 35,000 miles, which ever comes first. The engine is a 2.0L and has 180,000 miles, runs like a top, and has 170 lbs compression on each cylinder! One also gets 5-8% better gas mileage by using 100% synthetic oil, which is another savings, besides not changing the oil many more times per year like most folks do. I also have a 1994 Toyota Camry and a 1996 Toyota Camry and we use Amsoil in all of them and they all run like new! If I become a millionaire one day and buy a Mercedes Benz or a really nice BMW I will still use Amsoil in them also and never will I be addicted to the 3 month or 3,000 mile oil changes again.

Please note though that I take my Toyota Camry (both of them) and my Honda CRV to my mechanic twice a year for a a full inspection.  So if you are not taking your car to a mechanic shop to change your oil every 3,000 miles you should not forget to get your car checked out by a good, honest mechanic twice a year if you are driving a Chevy Cavalier, BMW, Mercedes or whatever you drive. Good maintenance is key to long life, but I said “bye-bye” to 3,000 mile or 3 month oil changes a long time ago and I have Amsoil to thank for that. Here is a great web site to learn about Amsoil.

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