Xjcountry95
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So my friend was showing me his new jeep which is a rubi with a 2.0 with the BSG. It was a leftover he got a good deal on. The 2.0 is cool and it def hits a bit harder off the line. However i threw it on my lift and started looking at everything and it. I felt bad because i know he wants to keep it for a long time but with the extra battery, the bsg , lack of port injection , turbo seals it just seems like this engine is going to be a huge pain in the ass to maintain into the 100k mark and beyond. I do most of my own maintenance and work on my jeeps pretty much everything besides gear and transmission stuff. The 3.6 though a bit more complicated vs JK era, (jk era is very good to work on) the addition of cooled egr and higher compression. Its still way les complex to work on. Can still pop out a starter and pop in a new, port injection so fuel pressure stays relatively low and injectors are cheap. No extra heat from turbo, 3.6 is like 60 lbs lighter. 3.6 can be maintained into the 200k easily. I personally drive my rigs a lot on the highway and keep them a long time. I have an xj and a wj well into the 200k range and had 120k on my jk had a tahoe that i sold with 270k. What do you guys think about overall longevity of the 2.0? If i was a betting man, id give it a thumbs down. And more of a lease vehicle, Than a buy. I cant find any real positives in it, and the 1-2 mpg is a wash honestly.