is 5000 miles too long to wait for an oil change?

[birdman]

How long would a Yaris run if you never changed the oil and kept it topped off?

[tdinut]

Originally Posted by birdman

How long would a Yaris run if you never changed the oil and kept it topped off?

Not sure about a Yaris, but one of the guys I used to work with bought a new Honda Prelude many years ago. He NEVER changed the oil or had it serviced. I don't believe he even checked the engine bay at all. That car went almost 2 years until it seized up on the highway. Poor car. I hope she did not suffer too long before she died

Joe

[salmonz]

Can you really go 7500 miles on FRAM's Tough Guard filter (i know, never use fram, but whatever) on 5w30 Castrol GTX oil on the Yaris?

[NinjaPirate]

Originally Posted by birdman

How long would a Yaris run if you never changed the oil and kept it topped off?

here's one example off another forum I visit. I cant just link to the post because you need an account to view. (Echo is the previous gen Yaris with 2NZ-FE):

It's partly my fault for not actually doing something more than reminding her periodically to get a service done, but anyways my wife's 2005 Echo has only had ONE service in 5 years and 58,000kms. It's been about 51,000km since her last oil change. The other day she said the car was making a funny noise, I took it for a test drive and immediately noticed that the red oil lamp was coming on and off. (I later asked her about it, she said "oh yeah I saw it but it went off so I didn't mention it." LOL)

When I checked the dipstick (repeatedly) I couldn't even make out what the level was – I wasn't sure whether the oil had thickened into black crud or whether it had just burnt up and disappeared. I didn't know whether adding more oil was going to overfill, but I decided to try a bit anyway. The oil filler area was blocked with more crud so I actually had to stir it (!!!) to clear it so I could put more oil in. After cautiously adding about a litre I could finally see some oil on the dipstick, and it was LOW. So the car was basically down to no oil! I added a couple more litres to get it up to the right level.