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Oil Burning :(

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by fustion, Dec 15, 2017.

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  1. orenji

    orenji Senior Member

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    1.8 motor and 4,000 RPM is thrashing these motors.
     
    #41 orenji, Mar 6, 2019
  2. taxidriver50005

    taxidriver50005 Active Member

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    4,000rpm is not high rpm for a petrol engine

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    #42 taxidriver50005, Mar 6, 2019
  3. FnRedPrius

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    How many RPM for 116 MPH? That's what hers will run. :sneaky:
     
    #43 FnRedPrius, Mar 6, 2019
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  4. orenji

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    Really?! It is for a small 1.8 motor.
     
    #44 orenji, Mar 7, 2019
  5. taxidriver50005

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    OK then show me another 1.8 that only revs to about 4,000 RPM lawnmowers are exempt.

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    #45 taxidriver50005, Mar 7, 2019
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    From what I can see you guys in the states seam to be reporting more oil burning problems than most, from what I can see you also are only now switching to low sulphur fuel unlike us in Europe who have been using it for decades..... Could this be causing the sticking ring problems.?

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    #46 taxidriver50005, Oct 20, 2019
  7. Doug E.

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    USE Conventional motor oil. Not Synthetic. Or at least use Semi Synthetic. my 2010 after switching to Conventional old fashion oil does not burn as much. Almost no oil burn. I use 5w-20 from amazon.
     
    #47 Doug E., Oct 28, 2019
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    My 2013 v has 240,000 i run Rotella T6 10w 40 and it doesn't use a drop between 4 to 5000 mile changes.
     
    #48 Tim Jones, Nov 9, 2019
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