Fuel Efficiency and the Yaris

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Originally Posted by Boost Addicted

''Collects very well''? Did I read that correctly? You use a $200 scan tool that has 5 buttons to figure out all the necessary information? Soo... Can you read fuel maps/trims? Read individual measuring blocks for injector pulse width and duty cycles? Open and closed loop? Monitor and log multiple sensor outputs? Suggested vs. actual MAF, MAP, TB measurments? ... Do you even have wideband oxygen sensors to measure your precise fuel combustion? Oooor... Do you just have some magic program that calculates fuel mileage? Cause I have that on my dashboard in the Jetta... I don't need a scan tool to do this. I can just go ahead and do it for you if it's gonna be the same thing.

Come back when you have a TIS Techstream.

Until then, Mr. Burgman, you can get yourself a nice magnetic drain plug, and again, as said before, drive one cycle of 5000 miles driving cold, right off the bat... No waiting. Then another 5000K miles letting the car warm (in winter months), or giving her 10 seconds minimum for proper distribution of lubrication if in summer months, then compare volume of metal material on the magnet.

If you don't give a damn about engine wear and all you care about is fuel mileage, then by all means let me dismiss this situation now... Because you've got larger problems in life to deal with if you consider engine wear<minimal fuel savings.

is 11 years 190,000 miles considered long enough ?


I 'll say something for engine wear and toyota motors. I operate a 5VZFE. I owned my 4runner from new in Dec 1998 to today, it has 190,000 + miles on it. all it ever got since mile 600 was mobil 1 5-30 every 8000 miles.

(plus timing belts and regular owners manual maint. at the dealer)

I always, ALWAYS just jump right in and drive it, zero or minimal warmup
(only as long as it takes me to adjust whatever I am doing. I get in car and always go immediately.) transmission and engine still run better now than the first 10,000 miles. ya I don't stomp it hard until it is warm but I go the speed limit. engine is still maybe 40 or 50 deg and climbing I am already doing 40mph.



so....I live in NE and oh yeah you betcha I do this when it is 10 deg out as soon as I get in it I drive it. I start the thing so often I am on my 3rd set of starter contacts. and guess what ? NO damage to motor of any significance...it is just getting broken in at 190,000 miles.

today, it still gets better than EPA, in 8000 miles it burns only 2mm of oil
level on the dipstick and passes emissions with tests with ease. it makes all the compression it should, it makes more BHP than it should on 87 octane no engine mods whatsoever.


this is not the 50's anymore with your grandpa-era motors found in high school shop class...


...engine wear schmengine wear just drive the thing immediately it will not do any harm if you plan on keeping a toyota..what ? 11+ years like I have...and it is real in-my-driveway-come-look-at-it-for-yourself results, not some crap from a book

I will say it may not be fair to compare a 5VZFE...the motor is legendary as being absolutely bombproof...same with my A340 tranny
and transfer case