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Originally Posted by torqueaddict
Aside from the catching fire that's being discussed here, have you seen the 47 page 'blown engine' thread in the M6G GT350 section? There seems to be an uncomfortable amount of engine failures reported. I'm reading 41 according a post by the one of the members. I did not read through the entire thread but there's lots of talk about possible issues with oil pressure.
Being that you seem pretty knowledgeable about the Voodoo, do you have any insight on this?
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Yeah I've been a part of the discussion in that thread as well. It would be a lie to tell you that the 41 cases or so are not alarming or do not cause some worry in the back of my mind, after all its human nature to worry about the things we invest ourselves in. Really hard to paint an accurate picture of the overall model though with such a small sample size. And as we know, more often than not, people will speak up to void a complaint or issue they are having as opposed to chiming in or signing up on a forum to say that everything is hunky dory.
Early on a lot of people suspected the OPG to be the culprit, but if there was a issue there we wouldn't see the oil consumption issues that some users are reporting, as a OPG failure would be catastrophic. We'll probably never know if there is an actual design issue or if a specific part is causing the trouble. I imagine that a large part of it can be attributed to the fact that it is a hand built engine (their first at that) as well as a new engine design so therefore new parts, suppliers, manufacturers etc. are being used that were not used. Then when you consider that because of the very high redline and design, tolerances are much tighter than they would be for a CPC engine, and combine that with the fact that people like to loaf around at high rpms with very light load just for the sound, oil consumption is a given. On top of that, we really just don't know how many owners ran their cars hard without checking oil levels regularly which may have caused an issue, or other human errors that may have happened.
Who knows how it will all pan out in the years to come, but based on the couple of guys that are apparently statistical experts, there is no reason to panic and jump ship yet by no means. My engineer brain tells me to follow logic and reason as well and not to panic
I have no issues with my R so far or oil usage issues, so as long as it keeps running strong I'll be a happy man.