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I have a 2011 Prius III and it started burning oil around 90k miles. It goes through just under a quart every 1200 miles. I can't go the 10,000...
...with low tension piston rings that often cause excessive oil consumption. A production change occurred in mid 2014. Toyota replaced 2010-14...
I've contemplated that theory too, and it's as good as any of the other common theories (something to do with frequent starting, or hard carbon...
Is the EGR valve stuck open? You could do a piston soak which should help lower oil consumption by freeing up the oil control rings. But if the...
When the 5W20 and 0W20 oils were embraced by the car industry (for fuel efficiency reasons), many folks were skeptical about impact on engine...
...for piston and ring replacement under the excessive oil consumption Technical Service Bulletin. I believe the threshold is around one quart in...
...and piston rings. They are known to cause excessive oil consumption, defined by Toyota as more than one quart per 1200 miles. The problem...
Your model year being 2014, I believe just the revised pistons. I compiled this list querying replacement pistons and rings (for various years) at...
At 90k, I would use 5-20w for your next change if you haven't already. 0-20w may be too light for your high mileage. Try this and see if you burn...
...I have posted on here about what I thought was excessive oil consumption. Basically about a half quart for every thousand miles. I I think that...
I believe it's normal to have oil in the throttle body. it's part of the engine design
Is this excessive oil consumption problem I see often here only applies to 3rd Gen? I use to own 3rd Gen Prius, but did not keep it long enough to...
...TSB sets eligibility for block rebuild sets excessive oil consumption parameters as under 60K miles and more than one quart in 1100~1300 miles....
Thanks for PDFs. I briefly looked through them and I was planning on doing all that. .
FYI -The taxi cab fleet I work on seem to have oil burning issues with a few of their Gen III Prii. -They are adding oil very frequently. -Some...
You are right, but only partially. The engines that are oil burners are 1998-2002 1ZZ-FE (Corolla) and 2002–2009 2AZ-FE (Camry/RAV4). 3rd gen...
[ATTACH] If you have a situation where the rings have carbon and gum build up making the oil rings inaffective you can soak the cylinders with...
...has a post or three around too. :D Excessive Oil Consumption on 2010 Prius | Page 2 | PriusChat There are lots of theories as to why...
Just to follow up, I got an oil change yesterday and was informed that my engine is actually leaking oil. They've put some dye in it to diagnose,...
