The 4.3 v8 that toyota made is probably the greatest engine ever. I’m speaking purely in terms of cruising. Super silent and super smooth. It’s 2023 and I genuinely am going to get a 2005 LS430.
My 2004 LS 430 has 301,000 miles. Original starter started going bad at 18 yrs old and 250k. Original fuel pump also went bad at 18 yrs old 255k. V8 still smooth as butter.
I have Toyota canry 03 v6 3 liter 340,000 miles all parts that failed after 250k radiator sprung a leak altered actor died and 1 sensor went out. Still purrs.luke kitten. Toyota/lexus built to.last. my drive train I same as lexus es300 had older one 99 model had 360k when I got totalled, hit sitting at red-light. I am never driving any.otjer brand. Toyota or lexus. Owned probably 20 cars amd trucks over the decades and these 2were just built better. And drive awesome comfortable even after hours in the seat.
@adamgaynor2160 Absolutely my experience too. I've owned a VW TDI and now two modern Mazdas. 100% night & day difference in engineering. Mazda engineers sweat the little details that make wrenching on them a real pleasure. VW = 100% different story...never again.
Everything is important. Torque specs and sequence. Orientation. That's why it looks easy and if you would show 2 video's, 1with everything perfect and 1 everything bad it would mostly look the same on video. But only 1 would last or handle high rpm.
@@ramanjitsingh4340 from my apprentice days as a young mechanic my boss taught me to keep everything super clean. And then we went onto ring gaps tolerances etc
Guys complaining about the starter on this engine; It's really not hard to replace. And how often do you need to replace it? Maybe once every 15-20 years?
I will say this out of all the videos I've watched this is far best the best one that deserves an Oscar ☺️ and and I love building motors this guy did a great job. The corrections sealant and other components perfect 😚
Great to watch. One thing i dont understand about the 430 V8 is why they put the starter inside the block valley - presumably to save space - and then hang this huge oil filter assy out the side of the block?
Two things: that spot moves the starter away from the hot exhaust; and if the starter fails, there are no frozen exhaust fasteners to fight and break to get to it.
Dear all that is unholy! I never knew the 4.3 V8 was a closed decked design. No wonder people supercharge or turbo those engines and they still take a beating. I knew the engine was reliable but not that over built.
“Nothing says “I have money and like to show it, but I don’t purchase the best cars” quite like Mercedes, BMW, Jaguars, Range Rovers, Alfa and many other Euro brands. FIFY
@@8MunchenBayern8 I’ll drive my glorified Volkswagen over a glorified Toyota any day. FIFY All jokes aside, many high end German cars might have better handling dynamics but I tend to keep my cars for many years so I prefer Japanese makes for my daily. But for a fun drive through some mountain roads, I’ll take my GT3. I just don’t understand why so many people feel they need to look down at Lexus, or any Japanese car for that matter, just because it doesn’t have the panache of being a European brand.
This engine assembly was so clean and simple. Until now every engine looked intimidating and unnecessarily complex it made me wish I worked at a lexus factory.
Mums old camry sportivo got totalled in an accident and upgraded to a 2006 celsior (japanese version of the ls430 with toyota badging and everything) such a solid car
We fix these things all the time. It is so much easier when it's out of the car! Notice this stupid place they put the starter? Engineers! If they had to work on these things when they went bad they would never design this crap the way they do
I don't understand. The floor's not dirt and covered in litter. They all have shoes on and clean clothes. They are using masks, gloves, proper lubrication and torque wrenches. This is not like 98 percent of the other mech videos I see😮
