Toyota Avalon leaking oil

[ShiningArcanine]

Until this thread, I did not know that they sold that stuff, but since I am in college and I am therefore new to cars, I am not qualified to find the leak myself. In the future I might be, but after the seals are fixed, I plan to run synthetic oil in the car after doing two cycles of an Auto-RX treatment so I do not have that problem again.

 

[gedcruise]

Too bad the car isn't a Honda. My elderly mother gave her '94 Accord with about the same miles to my sister when she bought a new 2003. I drove the old thing to Spokane this past spring. No leaks, no problems, no worries, but that is typical of Hondas.

 

[Gene K]

gedcruise, older Hondas are not well known to be leak free. Many have problems with the O-rings they seem to prefer to conventional flat gaskets.

 

[gedcruise]

I've had old Hondas, and they have not leaked oil. I've always tought that the o-rings, which Honda does seem to like, are a better soloution than the paper gaskets used in so many applications.

 

[ShiningArcanine]

gedcruise, if the car has been a Honda, it would have had many more problems as a consequence of the poor maintenance it had during the first ten years of its life; I doubt there are many other cars out there that could handle 10 years without PCV valve, air filter and fuel filter changes and with inconsistent oil change intervals.