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View Poll Results: Phasers or not?
Yes
27.92%
0-50k miles
1.67%
51-100k miles
6.25%
101-150k miles
13.33%
151-200k miles
12.50%
200k+ miles
4.58%
No
45.00%
0-50k miles
3.33%
51-100k miles
9.17%
101-150k miles
15.83%
151-200k miles
12.92%
200k+ miles
14.17%
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Poll time. Cam phaser/ fatal engine issues or not?

Old 05-09-2019, 04:43 PM
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Default Poll time. Cam phaser/ fatal engine issues or not?

Easy poll. If you’ve had your cam phasers replaced (or they’re bad but still not replaced) or the entire engine replaced, vote “yes”. Also click the mileage range. If you’ve never had them replaced, vote “no” and click your mileage range.

DONT FORGET TO MAKE TWO SELECTIONS. Either Yes or No and the mileage range.

Just trying to gather empirical data.

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Hard to do this without a poll
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I was working on it! Lol!!!

No- 145k miles.

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No and 249.5k miles
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Yes, Engine #2 at 160K. Just replaced a dead VCT solenoid at 173K.
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Originally Posted by isvend
Yes, Engine #2 at 160K. Just replaced a dead VCT solenoid at 173K.
Man! What happened to engine number 1?
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I replaced mine, along with timing chains, tensioners and VCT solenoids at 125k miles before they went bad. Truck still runs great.
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Originally Posted by Gopherboy128
I replaced mine, along with timing chains, tensioners and VCT solenoids at 125k miles before they went bad. Truck still runs great.
So technically you could still be running the original phasers, you just did them as precaution? If so, vote No and the mileage.
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My 08 had roughly 75K when I got rid of it. No engine related issues during my ownership.
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Default LACK of understanding will skew results against triton phasers

Originally Posted by Lenn
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(or they’re bad but still not replaced)...
I'll participate in your poll, but ^^^there's the problem with it, in my view'. All the idiots out there that don't 'really' understand "phaser problems", and think the roller/foller and lash adjuster 'TICK', or other strange noises (like lifter tick) that this gen makes, and a whole host of other stupid problems that they blame on 'BAD' phasers will skew the vote.

I'll nevertheless be interested in the results.
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