 Oil Thirsty, About 2 litres of oil every 400 miles? |
 Aug 16, 2015 - 9:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 18, '15 From Redditch, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
I heard that gen 6s are notorious for burning through oil when I got my last one. Is there anything that can be done to improve my oil consumption?
I do about 70 miles a day motorway driving, and the last thing I want is low oil pressure because I forgot to check it this morning. Cheers |
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Aug 17, 2015 - 6:58 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Before you change the oil do a piston soak with Seafoam or even an oil flush and then run it as recommended after it sits for at least 24 hours to make sure everything has creeped past the rings. Pour it equally between all four cylinders.
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Aug 18, 2015 - 12:53 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 18, '15 From Redditch, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Aug 17, 2015 - 7:58 PM)  Before you change the oil do a piston soak with Seafoam or even an oil flush and then run it as recommended after it sits for at least 24 hours to make sure everything has creeped past the rings. Pour it equally between all four cylinders. You mean do that, and then do an oil change I imagine? Or do that, see if it fixes it...then do the oil change regardless..that way I'd know if that fixed it? |
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Ibzy Oil Thirsty Aug 16, 2015 - 9:33 AM
Bitter Re-ring the engine, they start eating oil due to w... Aug 16, 2015 - 10:00 AM VavAlephVav Yep, mine doesnt leak a drop yet the oil just disa... Aug 16, 2015 - 8:05 PM Box The only one notorious was the 7A and generally it... Aug 16, 2015 - 8:11 PM Smaay they are no more oil burners than any other neglec... Aug 16, 2015 - 8:36 PM Bitter I dunno, my 7a was starting to eat oil at 150K. It... Aug 16, 2015 - 9:28 PM Smaay yeah the early 1ZZ was an oil drinker.
and yes ... Aug 16, 2015 - 10:27 PM Ibzy Thanks for the responses guys. As with Aleph, I d... Aug 17, 2015 - 2:02 AM Celica_MKVI I am getting 1 liter of burn ~1000miles on my 7A e... Aug 17, 2015 - 1:22 PM Ibzy Thanks for the pointers, I'll start with compr... Aug 17, 2015 - 1:41 PM
Box Piston soak, let it sit till it all drains, drive ... Aug 18, 2015 - 5:15 PM
LtSolid the 7A's definitely need a lil extra loving.. Sep 14, 2015 - 1:30 PM |
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