what 25,000 mile oil changes can do to a '03 Toyota

[JRHAWK9]

Got it off of LS2.com, seeing you have to register, I will link to the pics...by the way, this is NOT me this happened to nor is it my sister.
Paul

Story:

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Well my sister decided to forget about changing the oil in her car again. This is the second time that she has put 25K miles a single oil change and now the car smokes when being started. We started to pull the engine apart and found soo much sludge buildup in the topend of the engine that it clogged all the oil drainback holes.

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[ August 21, 2005, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: JRHAWK9 ]

 

[JRHAWK9]

oops

 

[AstroVic]

Ewwww!!!

 

[unDummy]

No way!

This guy added all the sludge to make toyota look bad.
http://www.poulindressage.com/images/toyota/IMG_1007.JPG

See

we caught him sludge-handed.

 

[SPITMAN]

Keep the car, trade your sister .............

 

[Idrinkmotoroil]

if you ever go used car shopping and see a car advertised as "lady driven", run like **** and don't ever look back. This post is evidence of my biased and what some people might call sexist opinion.

 

[TopDog]

Wow! Why don't more women change the oil in their cars when it is time to do so? I work for a government agency where they provide you with a car to perform your job. The mechanic told a story wherein a female employee received a new vehicle to use and when she was having problems with the car she drove it to the shop. The mechanic noted that she drove the car for 19,000 miles and never had the oil or oil filter changed. She simply ignored the required maintenance until a problem developed. Go figure.

 

[LarryL]

That's what the red oil pressure light is for. When it starts blinking on at idle you are supposed to add some oil. You'd think that all the smart people around here would know that. If the red light on that Toyota did not blink then it does not need any more oil. That gunk is just the oil doing it's job, picking up impurities and keeping the engine clean. It's called detergent oil and it is supposed to get dirty looking. Under all that gunk and oil the engine is probably spotless. The proof is that it kept on running, didn't it? So put the engine back together and add some oil and you're done. One word of advise, the oil filter might need to be changed. Changing the filter is called a service because they have to take a part off and replace it with a new one. Adding oil at the grocery store is not a service, though, because even a woman can do that. And take the Toyota on a long freeway drive, at least until the heater produces warm air, and that could take a mile or more. People are always trying to make owning a car so technical.

 

[wavinwayne]

Wow!!! I'm glad I read in the "Vodka is the answer" thread that Vodka would get vomit stains out of carpet, because those pictures made me

 

[wavinwayne]

LarryL,

I couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[pitzel]

Well let's be fair here:

1) Was that a group IV/V synthetic, or was that $1/quart dino oil, you know, the 'special' cheap stuff that is sold to quickie-lubes by the tankerload full?

2) Was the oil level kept properly topped up, or was it allowed to run a couple quarts low?

3) Was the engine otherwise 'mechanically sound'? ie: no coolant leaks, properly functioning controls and instruments, etc?

Before some ignoramus trots this out as an example of why one should never run 25k miles between an oil change in a Toyota, I think we need answers to the above questions.

 

[wavinwayne]

I agree with pitzel. We really do need the details before we pull out the knives.

 

[SKUNKY]

now that's what I call conserving....

 

[Leonardo629]

looks like a good rack of Chili's babyback ribs...

 

[pastmaster]

Gee, I think this would qualify for a Felony?

 

[Tones]

reminds me of General Tsao's chicken...

 

[Ray H]

Naw, it's healthier for you than Chili's babyback ribs. (No one, as far as I'm aware, ever clogged his arteries with engine sludge and keeled over . . .)

 

[2003TRD]

what was the oxidation, nitration on oil analysis?

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Note to self: Dear self, SL dino does NOT make to the 25,000 mile mark.

 

[Steve S]

Wasn't Amsoil.