I have a 2011 Toyota Sequoia with the 5.7L engine, 100k miles. We bought it at 77,000 miles. I will admit not checking the dipstick before I made an offer and handing over the check. Shame on me. I checked it 12 miles down the road when I stopped to fill up. 2 quarts didn't even make a mark on the dipstick. No low oil light was on and I knew it had an 8 quart sump, so I drove it on home. Did an oil change and filled it up with 8 quarts. I noticed that over the first 5k miles we drove it, it burned a quart of oil. I went 10k miles on the oil change, as allowed/recommended by Toyota on these engines. By the time 10k rolled around, it was at least 1 quart low.
The next 10k miles about the same thing.
I am about 3k miles into another oil change and I dumped 2 quarts in it the other day to fill it up.
It passes emissions testing. No smoke out of the tail pipe. No spots on the clean, concrete driveway.
This vehicle does not get driven daily but we seem to be putting 12-14k miles a year on it. No short trips.
I really do not want to get rid of it because I would only look at another newer Sequioa.
Help.
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I have a 2014 Tundra with the 5.7L engine, had it since new. I have 74,000 miles on it.
First oil change was at 5,000 miles. Next was 15,000. Then 10k mile oil changes after that. At 75,000 miles, I'm switching to 5-6,000 mile oil changes, no more 10k mile oil changes. I do not drive it under optimum conditions. I was for the first 65,000 miles, basically 100 miles per day, highway miles.
It seems to consume 1 quart per 5,000 miles also. Again, these are 8 quart sumps, 0w20 Full Syn only. Expensive oil changes but I'm going to 5k on both from now on.
The next 10k miles about the same thing.
I am about 3k miles into another oil change and I dumped 2 quarts in it the other day to fill it up.
It passes emissions testing. No smoke out of the tail pipe. No spots on the clean, concrete driveway.
This vehicle does not get driven daily but we seem to be putting 12-14k miles a year on it. No short trips.
I really do not want to get rid of it because I would only look at another newer Sequioa.
Help.
PS-
I have a 2014 Tundra with the 5.7L engine, had it since new. I have 74,000 miles on it.
First oil change was at 5,000 miles. Next was 15,000. Then 10k mile oil changes after that. At 75,000 miles, I'm switching to 5-6,000 mile oil changes, no more 10k mile oil changes. I do not drive it under optimum conditions. I was for the first 65,000 miles, basically 100 miles per day, highway miles.
It seems to consume 1 quart per 5,000 miles also. Again, these are 8 quart sumps, 0w20 Full Syn only. Expensive oil changes but I'm going to 5k on both from now on.