Discovered the Yaris dipstick was totally dry yesterday...

[firebird1999us]

Originally Posted by Leegamer

I've experienced the same thing on my wife's pontiac vibe, which has the 1zz. It has about 250k miles and burns through about a quart every 2-3k miles but never smokes.

Always runs fine even when it's a little low. Toyota engines are the best.

That's good to know someone else has experiecned this... totally freaked me out. I'd like to continue using the yaris for commuting instead of driving the new car to death right out of the gate.

Anyone ever had an engine rebuilt on one of these?

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by firebird1999us

That's good to know someone else has experiecned this... totally freaked me out. I'd like to continue using the yaris for commuting instead of driving the new car to death right out of the gate.

Anyone ever had an engine rebuilt on one of these?

How many miles were on the car since the last oil change? When these engine get up there in mileage they tend to lose oil at varying rates. I check my Vibe every few weeks and typically add half a quart (its gets driven a lot)

That said, if this is something you never noticed before then chances are they under filled the oil at the last pil changed, or st the very least, only filled it to the midway point on the dipstick which isn't correct

[firebird1999us]

Originally Posted by tmontague

How many miles were on the car since the last oil change? When these engine get up there in mileage they tend to lose oil at varying rates. I check my Vibe every few weeks and typically add half a quart (its gets driven a lot)

That said, if this is something you never noticed before then chances are they under filled the oil at the last pil changed, or st the very least, only filled it to the midway point on the dipstick which isn't correct

I usually go 7500 and it's right at 7500. I'll certainly check more frequently now though!