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They may have had some reason behind. It’s made of sheetmetal which has limitations but that cannot be the reason. Checked Honda 20A2 pan and its...
Extend OCI and it’ll activate(y)
Btw, i hear some (brief) squeeking sounds from back of the car when stopping from slow speeds. Usually in parking lot when reversing. One of my...
Rhetorical question, right? Gen 3 Prius has automatic oil renewal system (special piston rings allowing oil to escape) and in my case it’s 10% per...
May be quite rare unless consumption is humongous. In our household we’ve got 3 oil burners and Prius is not even the worst. All of them passed...
Previous owner may have experimented with additional insulation in the hood. And now it came off.
3 quarts is lot of oil. The place car is usually parked at should have large oil stain. Is there? My other car has similar looking ”oil moist” in...
Low, IMHO. And yes, rear very rusty and front worn out to limit. Dealership commented last year that need to replace in next service. Now the car...
Perhaps they gave me special discount because I am a returning customer:) Used to have Toyotas and go there often but then had 9year break until...
Got quote from local dealership: front&rear discs and pads and engine oil service 600Eur. Installed. Whats going on? Has Toyota lowered their...
Those wikipedia articles provide nothing new to this topic. Planned obsolence is exactly what i tried to explain: target for the lifetime. There’s...
I’m pretty sure they did not redesign the engine ”to make it last longer”. They did it to pinch out even more MPG, even less emissions, make it...
When i got brand new VW Golf back in 2008 it had a bottle of motor oil in the trunk. As a complement from VW:) Besides Prius we have Honda and Kia...
The sealing is understandable. There are all kinds of weirdos out there trying to get free stuff. Getting free engine to improve vehicle value...
In other words: egr always on hence the clogging. When we bought ours (at 130kmil) and headed home we had to do hours of highway driving. I was...
2001 Avensis 1.8L vvt. Had one of those and at around 60kkm it was time for new rings. Warranty covered even though local 4year warranty had...
Generally it’s not good idea to seal rust with any bitumen like coating. It must be stopped chemically or by removing it and then apply coating....
Lots of talk about servicing the most reliable, problem free, low maintenance element in Prius:) In our household we have a car with traditional...
Lucky you. Are you certain it still has original engine? Engine (or pistons&rings) replacement wont be mentioned in service book even if it’s...
This is why cars with electrical oil level check do not give reading until cars have sit still couple hours. For shop purposes they often have a...
