Originally Posted By: Trav
It may well have sticky rings, this amount of oil use is not normal at this young age.
Next OC use the cheapest 5w30 you can get and put 3oz per qt of Kreen in the oil. Run it for a 3K OCI in this hybrid.
Because the Prius engine is only in use part time something like ARX will take forever and a few days to work if it ever works at all.
My own experience with this product have been less than positive.
If the rings are sticky Kreen will free them very quickly, guaranteed.
After this run consider PU.
This is the advice I would go with.
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
I'm guessing that 0W-20 is as thin as water or maybe even thinner...
20w-50 is thinner than water at operating temp.
It may well have sticky rings, this amount of oil use is not normal at this young age.
Next OC use the cheapest 5w30 you can get and put 3oz per qt of Kreen in the oil. Run it for a 3K OCI in this hybrid.
Because the Prius engine is only in use part time something like ARX will take forever and a few days to work if it ever works at all.
My own experience with this product have been less than positive.
If the rings are sticky Kreen will free them very quickly, guaranteed.
After this run consider PU.
This is the advice I would go with.
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
I'm guessing that 0W-20 is as thin as water or maybe even thinner...
20w-50 is thinner than water at operating temp.