Re: Possible to build an engine that never leaks oil?

Steve wrote:
> ray wrote:
> 
>> But if I was to bet money on someone coming up with an engine that 
>> made it 100,000 miles with no leaks, I'd put my money on Honda.  Of 
>> course, it wouldn't be in a Civic, but an Acura.  An expensive one.
> 
> I'm no great Honda fan, but I have always had to admit that they put 
> their engineering in a lot of the right places. ISTM that wasting a lot 
> of engineering to solve a non-problem (who cares if there's a little 
> weep of oil at 100k miles, so long as it doesn't make a mess or cause 
> you to have to add oil between changes?) is NOT something Honda would 
> fart around with. Now Toyota, on the other hand, would spend years and 
> millions on it and shout it from the rooftops in their glossy 
> advertising flyers.
> 

Toyotas create a protective sludge barrier around all the gaskets to 
prevent leaks. ;)