After getting my new '13 Corolla totaled with 12k miles on it, in the dead of winter at -10 to -20F... I got to go used car shopping with about $4,000.
I found myself a nice 2008 Scion xB with 130k and the 2.4L 2AZ-FE, "potential oil burner" reknown motor. I love the vehicle, being a tall guy... it is great. It has records of oil changes every 3k miles and other maintenance, new tires, etc. She burns no blue smoke at startup or deceleration or ever. Looks like it is just the control rings.
I have had it for a month or two now and have changed the filters, done a few "clean-up" very short oil changes, etc.
I decided to see if she is really an oil burner. I was 99% sure she was. I drive about 10 miles a day, so frankly the somitch could burn a quart every 100 miles and I'd be good for 10days at a time.
Did an oil change with Castol semi-syn High mileage 5W-20. And here's the results 100 miles in to it.
According to my measurements she is at a pace to burn 1 quart every 675miles. and that doesn't include a lot of highway high revving miles, OUCH!!
Now this is just predictive , applying what has been eaten in the first 100 miles. We'll see how it turns out over ACTUAL 675 miles.
SO in anticipation I call the dealer and ask the protocol. It's a extended "good faith" coverage item done by Toyota So I have unitl the 10 year or 150k mile mark.
He says they seal her up for about 1k miles (unless the customer KNOWS she'd fail dry before then) and then check it after the 1k miles. Then you get free pistons and rings. ONLY .... NO water pump, no nothing else. AND if they discover something else.... they don't put her back together until you pay.
Service manager says with this warranty work in particular he "always offers" the low-low price of $900 dollars the additional "top end" service including water pump, serpentine and valve seals. He says valve seals are normally a 16 HOUR job. so at $900, it is a great savings price. I have no clue if that is a good price but for a fourth of the cost of the car maybe I'd just splurge on having them do the waterpump and tensioner as serp to be safe.
I asked... "what if something cracks whan it is plucked out... like a thermostat neck or radiator neck, old plastic something. He says , "YOU pay, it is not covered"
SO that's all potentially in the future. LOL
Here's the data.
I found myself a nice 2008 Scion xB with 130k and the 2.4L 2AZ-FE, "potential oil burner" reknown motor. I love the vehicle, being a tall guy... it is great. It has records of oil changes every 3k miles and other maintenance, new tires, etc. She burns no blue smoke at startup or deceleration or ever. Looks like it is just the control rings.
I have had it for a month or two now and have changed the filters, done a few "clean-up" very short oil changes, etc.
I decided to see if she is really an oil burner. I was 99% sure she was. I drive about 10 miles a day, so frankly the somitch could burn a quart every 100 miles and I'd be good for 10days at a time.
Did an oil change with Castol semi-syn High mileage 5W-20. And here's the results 100 miles in to it.
According to my measurements she is at a pace to burn 1 quart every 675miles. and that doesn't include a lot of highway high revving miles, OUCH!!
Now this is just predictive , applying what has been eaten in the first 100 miles. We'll see how it turns out over ACTUAL 675 miles.
SO in anticipation I call the dealer and ask the protocol. It's a extended "good faith" coverage item done by Toyota So I have unitl the 10 year or 150k mile mark.
He says they seal her up for about 1k miles (unless the customer KNOWS she'd fail dry before then) and then check it after the 1k miles. Then you get free pistons and rings. ONLY .... NO water pump, no nothing else. AND if they discover something else.... they don't put her back together until you pay.
Service manager says with this warranty work in particular he "always offers" the low-low price of $900 dollars the additional "top end" service including water pump, serpentine and valve seals. He says valve seals are normally a 16 HOUR job. so at $900, it is a great savings price. I have no clue if that is a good price but for a fourth of the cost of the car maybe I'd just splurge on having them do the waterpump and tensioner as serp to be safe.
I asked... "what if something cracks whan it is plucked out... like a thermostat neck or radiator neck, old plastic something. He says , "YOU pay, it is not covered"
SO that's all potentially in the future. LOL
Here's the data.