 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 16, 2015 - 8:11 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The only one notorious was the 7A and generally it was due to neglecting oil change intervals and using crappy oil. Outside of tearing into it for a rering you can do piston soaks with Marvel Mystery Oil or any of the other petroleum based products meant to remove varnish, do that a few times before changing the oil and if you're in a warmer climate you can go to 10W-40 or even 20W-50 to slow the burn.
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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 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 Before you change the oil do a piston soak with Se... Aug 17, 2015 - 6:58 PM
Ibzy QUOTE (Box @ Aug 17, 2015 - 7:58 PM)... Aug 18, 2015 - 12:53 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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