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Originally Posted By: Patman Originally Posted By: tig1 Originally Posted By: Patman Originally Posted By: oil_burner And why do you feel like the inside of your engine having a clean appearance affects its performance or longevity? Do you plan to disassemble your engine regularly to eat off...

whats to stop the trans from going again?

Originally Posted By: Donald Well first I would not believe what prior owner told you unless you see receipts or he was trusted friend. Your issue is likely oil control ring crudded up. Consider Kreen or Auto-Rx or piston soak. I doubt valve stem seals are causing all of the oil burning issues...

Originally Posted By: Patman Originally Posted By: dnewton3 Let's just use 15k miles as the self-imposed limit for this discussion. That in mind, two things are totally true: shorter OCIs do not reduce the wear rates longer OCIs do not increase the wear rates 12,000 UOAs cannot be viewed as...

well it's a bit like this. its pretty well proven that if you floss after each meal and brush 3x daily you are going to eliminate ever having cavities and you will definitely have healthier teeth, saving thousands of dollars at the dentist, and your teeth are going to last a lot longer until...

Originally Posted By: FermeLaPorte There's your mistake. You want to go 7,000-9,000 on conventional. Toyota's own oil is not even conventional. Go 5k on SuperTech or Castrol. keep in mind that at 5k I have already added 2 quarts of fresh oil back into the sump...or about 50%.

I have a 2006 Prius that is at 250k and going up rather quickly. I have a 120 mile round trip commute each day that involves climbing a mountain pass and the little 1.5L engine spends a lot of time at redline on the way up. The car burns approx 1 qt per 2000 miles, I have tried several...