This Toyota Went 100, 000 Miles With No Oil Change
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Date: 2019-08-11
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rdennis
I bought a toyota echo with 140kmiles with no oil change: previous owner kept adding oil due to a cover gasket leak. When I changed the engine cover gasket. I found solid deposits inside the engine. the sludge turned to asphalt lol. so I added seafoam treatment to the oil and ran it on the highway. changed the oil a few times. and it ran fine for another 60k miles and I sold it running great. it did have a small engine knock. but was built like a tank. very reliable. drove it trough NE blizzards. started every time. 200k miles on it with original starter and alternator. ice cold ac. solid transmission. very well made toyota. interior looked goofy but very spacious and functional for a subcompact.
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I bought a toyota echo with 140kmiles with no oil change: previous owner kept adding oil due to a cover gasket leak. When I changed the engine cover gasket. I found solid deposits inside the engine. the sludge turned to asphalt lol. so I added seafoam treatment to the oil and ran it on the highway. changed the oil a few times. and it ran fine for another 60k miles and I sold it running great. it did have a small engine knock. but was built like a tank. very reliable. drove it trough NE blizzards. started every time. 200k miles on it with original starter and alternator. ice cold ac. solid transmission. very well made toyota. interior looked goofy but very spacious and functional for a subcompact.
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Ricky Bobby
That reminds me of a old job I had where we transport medicine and other medical supplies but 1 of the vehicles we had which was shared among the employees was a Chevy sonic. Maybe a 2015 model idk but I usually drive it at night and knew that I took it once over the week end to get and oil change about 20000 thousands plus miles ago which I told the manger theres a burning smell at start up but come to find out later the lady that drives it during the day who supposed to take it in for the regular changes of fluid never did so it was running for a oil with little to no oil at all. It broke down in the middle of here route and she was dumb founded and tryed to blame me.
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That reminds me of a old job I had where we transport medicine and other medical supplies but 1 of the vehicles we had which was shared among the employees was a Chevy sonic. Maybe a 2015 model idk but I usually drive it at night and knew that I took it once over the week end to get and oil change about 20000 thousands plus miles ago which I told the manger theres a burning smell at start up but come to find out later the lady that drives it during the day who supposed to take it in for the regular changes of fluid never did so it was running for a oil with little to no oil at all. It broke down in the middle of here route and she was dumb founded and tryed to blame me.
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Gary Langley
My friend's cousin gave him a '61 Pontiac Tempest, and she had never changed the oil. When he removed the oil plug, nothing came out. He stuck a screwdriver in the drain hole, and a few drops of sludge came out. He put some transmission fluid in and ran it for a while, then drained it. It came out black as tar, so he did it again, then put oil in it. Later he put new plugs in it, and attached a timing light. The timing mark moved all over. He could turn the distributor a total of about 1/2 turn and the engine would still run. He took the timing chain out and it could be twisted in half. He replaced it. When he got it done, it was a pretty decent running car.
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My friend's cousin gave him a '61 Pontiac Tempest, and she had never changed the oil. When he removed the oil plug, nothing came out. He stuck a screwdriver in the drain hole, and a few drops of sludge came out. He put some transmission fluid in and ran it for a while, then drained it. It came out black as tar, so he did it again, then put oil in it. Later he put new plugs in it, and attached a timing light. The timing mark moved all over. He could turn the distributor a total of about 1/2 turn and the engine would still run. He took the timing chain out and it could be twisted in half. He replaced it. When he got it done, it was a pretty decent running car.
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Mike Scott Singh
I went at least 5 - 10 years without changing my oil because it looked the same as when I put it in. '88 Sentry. I should have kept it only got 500 in trade in on '05 Accord Hybrid w/ Nav which I paid almost 40K with 5K miles from Wilde Honda in Sarasota ( what a rip off) they said it was a demo but later found out it was returned from a sale. Batteries were going bad after 5 years and they wanted 250 to get the code for the navigation unit after they changed the main battery and lost the code.
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I went at least 5 - 10 years without changing my oil because it looked the same as when I put it in. '88 Sentry. I should have kept it only got 500 in trade in on '05 Accord Hybrid w/ Nav which I paid almost 40K with 5K miles from Wilde Honda in Sarasota ( what a rip off) they said it was a demo but later found out it was returned from a sale. Batteries were going bad after 5 years and they wanted 250 to get the code for the navigation unit after they changed the main battery and lost the code.
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terrywho22
Highway mileage is certainly less taxing than stop and go driving, but I'm not buying Scotty's 10% argument. So a car that lasts 100k in stop and go driving would go 1, 000, 000 miles if it was just on the interstate? If that was the case, we would see a lot more cars go 5, 6, 700, 000 miles here in Southern California. My Toyota Echo started burning oil noticeably around 140k or so and I would guess more that 80% of its mileage was on the intestate.
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Highway mileage is certainly less taxing than stop and go driving, but I'm not buying Scotty's 10% argument. So a car that lasts 100k in stop and go driving would go 1, 000, 000 miles if it was just on the interstate? If that was the case, we would see a lot more cars go 5, 6, 700, 000 miles here in Southern California. My Toyota Echo started burning oil noticeably around 140k or so and I would guess more that 80% of its mileage was on the intestate.
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The Electric Wrench
The thing about going a long time without oil changes is. after a while a car will start to use oil. so he had to be at least topping it off because I just don't think a car could go that far without an oil change without using a drop of oil. at least in my experience that's what I've noticed. usually when you get to about 8000-10000 Miles they will slowly start to use oil. but maybe starting out with a brand new car it might be possible.
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The thing about going a long time without oil changes is. after a while a car will start to use oil. so he had to be at least topping it off because I just don't think a car could go that far without an oil change without using a drop of oil. at least in my experience that's what I've noticed. usually when you get to about 8000-10000 Miles they will slowly start to use oil. but maybe starting out with a brand new car it might be possible.
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Elkdog
I just got a 2017 Toyota Yaris L Hatchback, I'm hoping it'll last a long time. I'll be changing the oil though. I've heard the yaris ia was a scion from some places and a mazda from other places. It's not the one that I have. This one is a real Toyota, but apparently manufactured in France. I don't know the reputation of French manufacturing, but I haven't heard anything bad about the 2017 model yet.
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I just got a 2017 Toyota Yaris L Hatchback, I'm hoping it'll last a long time. I'll be changing the oil though. I've heard the yaris ia was a scion from some places and a mazda from other places. It's not the one that I have. This one is a real Toyota, but apparently manufactured in France. I don't know the reputation of French manufacturing, but I haven't heard anything bad about the 2017 model yet.
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Nutz4Gunz45
Im calling BS on that. Every engine burns a little bit of oil, some way more more than others but every single engine ever made burns some oil. Check your owners manual and there will be a section about oil consumption. Most manufacturers consider up to 1qt of oil every 1-2k miles normal. That engine would have burnt off every drop of oil it had long before 100k miles.
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Im calling BS on that. Every engine burns a little bit of oil, some way more more than others but every single engine ever made burns some oil. Check your owners manual and there will be a section about oil consumption. Most manufacturers consider up to 1qt of oil every 1-2k miles normal. That engine would have burnt off every drop of oil it had long before 100k miles.
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Rekuzan Rikudo
I've got an '87 Volvo 740 Estate (station wagon) with a quarter million miles on the OD, a curb weight of 9 metric TONS, and the evidence of two previous assassination attempts in the body (second time it happened, the engine didn't even stall) and I DROVE it home from both accidents And it STILL runs like a top (I have the speeding tickets to PROVE it; 90-95 MPH)
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I've got an '87 Volvo 740 Estate (station wagon) with a quarter million miles on the OD, a curb weight of 9 metric TONS, and the evidence of two previous assassination attempts in the body (second time it happened, the engine didn't even stall) and I DROVE it home from both accidents And it STILL runs like a top (I have the speeding tickets to PROVE it; 90-95 MPH)
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