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So I finally got my 1st oil change, but...

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Toyotally04, Jun 12, 2020.

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  1. jzchen

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    For me it would be a $15 K-Seal bottle first. Then anxiously crossing my fingers, legs, arms, and tail….
     
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    are you saying this is 2l shown, is all that was in your engine at some point ?

    given that, and your apparent confusion about checking/changing oil, along with the any mention of "knocking" .... it's going to be time for a new engine soon.
     
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    The oil that I drained out during the change? Um, yeah.

    If I'm going to need a new engine, I'm probably dumping the car. There's got to be a newer used good condition car out there. Right now, I can't even play music in my car, which is my number one feature that nullifies all other used car features that would disappoint me.
     
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    @Toyotally04 - Looks like on the top of the dark oil there's some sort of mixture. Possible coolant mixed in would you guess? What do you think it is? (You're better to judge in person)...

    moto g(7) power ?
     
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    I think that's just me carrying over the container and the oil was swigglin' (is that a word?) inside...
     
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    Thanks. Glad it's not the head gasket milkshake oil coolant mixture.

    I'm a real proponent of trying those miracle stop leak products.

    To the (likely) bane of other Porsche Panamera owners:

    I put K-Seal in the coolant.
    I have 1 L of Lucas Oil Stop Leak in the oil (8.5 Q total capacity).
    I topped off the power steering fluid with Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak.

    Did it work or not work?
    K-Seal-. Not sure it did, still losing coolant. I noticed in cabin ceramic smell at first but then it went away. I guess it did stop some sort of tiny leak in or around the heat exchanger.
    Oil-. Dropped one bar from max and seems to have stopped oil loss
    Steering Fluid-. Rechecked and still at max level I believe it worked.

    Wouldn't hurt the pocket book too much to try if the solution is chucking the engine and replacing it....

    moto g(7) power ?
     
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