Recent content by mdv

Great report. Glad to see these motors still put out stellar numbers even when running on the highway more. I was curious how these cars handled long highway runs. For comparison purposes, I did 15k in the city/suburbs on a few runs and it looked great as well...

I've used it for 60k in a 2016 Camry without issue. Toyota WS was shot and shifting funny at 23k. It's also been in my Prius for about 49k so far. No issues there either.

OEM Toyota filters

I'm gonna stay with 15k. I jack the car to rotate tires and look it over every 7500 so it keeps the math simple on maintenance.

Yes, SS. I'm actually really happy with it. The car is not used "lightly" and the engine sees a lot of loaded start/stops. The results were better then I thought and I'm happy the extended drains aren't having a negative effect.

Thanks. I thought I had but apparently not!

Filter changed at 7500 miles into the run and 1/2 qt added to top off oil.

Originally Posted By: SatinSilver Originally Posted By: mdv Just sway bar links and an ATF flush so far. ATF runs 190-200F and was toast by 25k. Brakes/Tires soon, but that's to be expected. Did you change the fluid yourself or have someone do it? How difficult were the sway bar links? I did...

Originally Posted By: StevieC Next time I'm down to see him I'll message you maybe we can grab a coffee. Met a few folks on here already. I'm pretty boring in person...

Originally Posted By: StevieC Also where in Mass are you? My brother lives in Somerville. 20 more minutes up 93 towards the NH border.

The Amsoil fuel efficient ATF is what's in there now. It's a little thicker than WS but so far so good. It's been 12k on it so far. It runs the same temperature but it seems to cool down faster when I can do a few miles at a steady speed with the converter locked.

Originally Posted By: Artem Not sure how the rest of the car is holding up but seems like the oil is handling things well, although slightly on the thick side of the spectrum even with half a quart of fresh additives added. I would cap it at 10k even with plenty of TBN left. That will leave you...

No, this is the base 4 cyl motor.

Appreciate the comments guys. I was a little nervous about doing a longer interval given how hard I am on the car. I'm glad to see it held up so well. The engine sees redline quite often when I don't have pax and I want to get back to a good area. The car leads a rough life for sure, it's not...

Yes, the universal averages are the right column.