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      12-13-2017, 05:55 PM   #160
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Originally Posted by internalaudit View Post
Does having fewer cylinders make a modern engine more reliable or would a 4 and 6 cylinder engine coming from the same car maker be equally reliable/unreliable?
i would say the early n20 has proven to be less reliable than the n55 with its timing chain issues, at least when it comes to catastrophic engine failures. newer n20 and b48, i have no idea.

there is no way to determine reliability based on cylinder count.
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