PLEASE DO YOUR OIL CHANGES - Toyota Yaris Forums

brushforhire · 06-09-2016, 12:18 PM

We had a customer once who came in with his new Rav4, with about 38,000 miles on it, not running. They put it in the air and tried to drain the oil and nothing came out. So they dropped the oil pan. They had to scoop the oil out, because it had become a super thick pudding. We put it in a cut off gal jug and stood pencil up in it. The pencil stood up for about 6 months. The customer insisted that he changed the oil a couple times. It still had the oil filter with the orange o-ring on it. LoL. Denied warranty.

Once had a doctor who swore he'd never buy another Toyota after is Celica engine blew up. He we about 70,000 miles without changing the oil, amazingly.

People don't realize this is the key to longevity.

jcboy · 06-09-2016, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by brushforhire

We had a customer once who came in with his new Rav4, with about 38,000 miles on it, not running. They put it in the air and tried to drain the oil and nothing came out. So they dropped the oil pan. They had to scoop the oil out, because it had become a super thick pudding. We put it in a cut off gal jug and stood pencil up in it. The pencil stood up for about 6 months. The customer insisted that he changed the oil a couple times. It still had the oil filter with the orange o-ring on it. LoL. Denied warranty.

Once had a doctor who swore he'd never buy another Toyota after is Celica engine blew up. He we about 70,000 miles without changing the oil, amazingly.

People don't realize this is the key to longevity.

these are so funny.

anyway, the VVTi engines i think are very prone to sludging. Honda oil changes are still at 10,000km, while Toyotas are at 5,000km.

froger · 06-09-2016, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jcboy

these are so funny.

anyway, the VVTi engines i think are very prone to sludging. Honda oil changes are still at 10,000km, while Toyotas are at 5,000km.

Not true Toyota calls for 8000km oil changes in Canada and after 2016 most models call for 16000km oil changes.

jcboy · 06-09-2016, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by froger

Not true Toyota calls for 8000km oil changes in Canada and after 2016 most models call for 16000km oil changes.

sorry i meant here in the manila, and for regular oil. This is (relatively) a very polluted city, so mineral/regular oil when changed at more than 5-7k km tend to show sludges. synthetic oils are changed at 10000km, with a little topup as necessary.

B.B._07 · 06-09-2016, 06:56 PM

On the opposite side of the sludge spectrum I recently ran across an 08 Yaris with 108K km at a local junkyard that had been in an front end collision. Somebody had already taken the valve cover off and I was very impressed how clean the engine was inside. Usually even in a well maintained engine there is some yellowing of the cast parts from blowby getting pushing up to the top of the engine but that engine looked like it could of rolled of the factory floor a couple months earlier.

06-09-2016, 12:18 PM	#1
brushforhire Drives: 07 HB YARIS, 15 JUKE, 00 TUNDR Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Johnstown, PA Posts: 320	We had a customer once who came in with his new Rav4, with about 38,000 miles on it, not running. They put it in the air and tried to drain the oil and nothing came out. So they dropped the oil pan. They had to scoop the oil out, because it had become a super thick pudding. We put it in a cut off gal jug and stood pencil up in it. The pencil stood up for about 6 months. The customer insisted that he changed the oil a couple times. It still had the oil filter with the orange o-ring on it. LoL. Denied warranty. Once had a doctor who swore he'd never buy another Toyota after is Celica engine blew up. He we about 70,000 miles without changing the oil, amazingly. People don't realize this is the key to longevity. __________________ Project so far: 2zrfe swap, Megan racing coilovers, TRD rear sway bar, whiteline bushings, RPM long tube header, midpipe, and DC sports xD exhaust, brake upgrade in front, MI stainless braided lines all around, matte paintjob, Takada cold air intake, various gauges, rear seat and belts removed. Future: Turbo.

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06-09-2016, 06:56 PM	#5
B.B._07 Drives: 07 5dr Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: YYC Posts: 197	On the opposite side of the sludge spectrum I recently ran across an 08 Yaris with 108K km at a local junkyard that had been in an front end collision. Somebody had already taken the valve cover off and I was very impressed how clean the engine was inside. Usually even in a well maintained engine there is some yellowing of the cast parts from blowby getting pushing up to the top of the engine but that engine looked like it could of rolled of the factory floor a couple months earlier.