Oil for the Prius c

whatever's on sale... ours has had castrol, quakerstate and pennzoil through it. Branding means nothing to me for car lubes. Walmart/Supertech is fine, we use that in the other car, been great for the past 75k miles or so.

 

I'll just thank you now. I know that the effect of... people who carefully study motor oil, multiplied by an intensely litigious culture equals everyone selling anything even remotely approaching "bad" motor oil was sued down to ashes 40 years ago. Now only the best-funded of the bigs even try it. Knowing this, I feel free to chase sixty cent discounts on jugs of oil at the bigbox curbside, because there just isn't enough other difference from one brand to the next.

 

I’m using Toyota 0W20, purchased in bulk (bring my own container) through dealership service department. Cheap as dirt, I forget how much exactly, something like $2.50~3.00 CDN per litre. Typically I get 9 litres (doing my sons vehicle too). Pick up the oil filter and drain bolt washer while I’m there.

I really wish this “sales model” would catch on: I don’t like to think what happens to all the oil-contam’d empties created by DIY’rs .

 

What's the problem? It's a sack made of petroleum residue with a different kind of petroleum residue inside.

Lots of our waste is not even that well sorted or packaged.

Though if you wanted to promote it you could start by sharing the details of your container, storage requirements, maybe share information resources for the safety side, labeling guidelines etc?

 

I’m using a 2.5 US gallon (roughly 10 litre) No-Spill gas container. I don’t bother using the dispensing cap, just take it right off. It has gradations up one corner, which always correspond with the dealerships bulk oil metering dispenser. A piece of masking tape is applied to the side with the current oil weight. For measuring I use a graduated Dynaline pitcher. To avoid the hassle of cleaning after use I just cork the spout and slip a snug-fit plastic bag over the top.

 

For the first 2 oil changes under Toyota Care program, the dealer used M1. After that I just use whatever brand with the best price as long as it is full synthetic 0W20. Most of that is Super Tech, and 2 times Toyota. Next oil change will be Amazon. I don't see any difference from oil in terms of car performance.

So far I have been always following the 10k miles OCI. However, I just noticed many discussions on line about the excessive oil consumption on Prius. This makes me concerned about my Prius C even though it has not shown any symptoms. I may adopt the 5k OCI.

Has anyone experienced excessive oil consumption on their Prius C, similar to Prius?