Tired engine? 2001 Vitz RS - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

sh0rtlife · 12-28-2022, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mitch9521

Its funny, the third gen 3 doors are actually quite rare here too. Almost all of them are 5 door LEs with some SEs sprinkled in. If I search for 3rd gen 3 door Yaris' in the entire country, id be surprised if I got more than half a dozen results.

meanwhile in the wreckers down here and forsale..yourll find 2nd and 3rd gen 3drs and sedans...5drs pretty much dont exist,,and the gen1's only exist as a sedan

IndestructibleYaris · 12-19-2022, 12:09 AM

It's worth fixing right, it's not worth running thicker oil. You can premix waste oil in the gas 40 to 1 and you won't lose a drop of oil from the crankcase. I do this to get rid of waste oil and to keep the upper cylinder and parts good with upper cylinder lubricant. This benefit of keeping the engine healthy was lost with the ban on leaded gasoline, one of the greatest changes for public health but one of the worst for engine health. Running some kind of upper cylinder lube will reduce crankcase oil consumption. This is just a bandaid for the worn engine though.

There could be a lot of issues with the engine, and anyone saying "run it till it pukes oil" doesn't value the yaris. One day you won't be able to buy any less-used engines. One day your engine will be valuable. Might as well learn rebuilding one of the best engines ever made, or do the carousel of buying running used cars and scrapping the old one every 3 years. Think about whether it's time, money, or knowledge stopping you from your goal. Seems like you really care about the car and want it to be right. There's a lot of books and videos on how to repair or diagnose cars, and there's a free service manual on the yaris itself. This is a do it yourself thing, and really a labor of love, otherwise a mechanic will take you for a ride that is very expensive.

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12-19-2022, 12:09 AM	#2
IndestructibleYaris Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris Sedan Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 149	It's worth fixing right, it's not worth running thicker oil. You can premix waste oil in the gas 40 to 1 and you won't lose a drop of oil from the crankcase. I do this to get rid of waste oil and to keep the upper cylinder and parts good with upper cylinder lubricant. This benefit of keeping the engine healthy was lost with the ban on leaded gasoline, one of the greatest changes for public health but one of the worst for engine health. Running some kind of upper cylinder lube will reduce crankcase oil consumption. This is just a bandaid for the worn engine though. There could be a lot of issues with the engine, and anyone saying "run it till it pukes oil" doesn't value the yaris. One day you won't be able to buy any less-used engines. One day your engine will be valuable. Might as well learn rebuilding one of the best engines ever made, or do the carousel of buying running used cars and scrapping the old one every 3 years. Think about whether it's time, money, or knowledge stopping you from your goal. Seems like you really care about the car and want it to be right. There's a lot of books and videos on how to repair or diagnose cars, and there's a free service manual on the yaris itself. This is a do it yourself thing, and really a labor of love, otherwise a mechanic will take you for a ride that is very expensive.