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A few of you might remember me posting about this around 3 months ago, well the motor is still eating oil.
it is eating slightly less oil on mobil 1 5W-30, i used to use castrol edge 5W-30, Mobil 1 dissappears at 1 quart every 1900 miles, the castrol dissappears at 1 quart every 1500 miles.
My motors compression figures are fine (186 on all 4 cylinders) toyota has told me 190 is what a new 03+ 1zz-fe block has (Australian spec anyway).
I had them connect one of there techstream pcs to the car and they told me it was all running within spec
The only smoke there is that comes from the tail pipe is first start up of the day and only if its really cold, on a nice warm day there is no smoke at all, also this is clearish smoke the type all cars make on a really cold morning whilst they are warming up.
Some history on the motor might help this time.
1) Last time i didn't mention this but i used to take the car to the local racetrack for a few hot laps at
least one a week, so the motor has sorta had a hard life as it did see the redline often
2) The motor currently has around the 75000 miles mark, when i brought it, it had 35000 miles on the clock
3) The oil has always been changed at the 2800-3000 miles mark, toyota has told me that i should actually change it at 6000miles interval and because i change it too often that this may be the cause of my excessive oil consumtion, Is this true?
4) the motor is from a 04 are the piston rings still suseptable to sticking like the older motors
Now a little bit of advice i'd like some help on is, ive been told to got to a thicker oil by alot of mechanics ive taken it to as the 5W-30 grade oil is now too thin for the motor as it has worn at a faster rate because of the hard life it had.
i have brought Penrite 10W-40 Everyday Full Synthetic to try as my new oil any one know if this oil is good? I many got this as i could not find a single Full Synthetic 10W-30.
I e-mailed Penrite and they have confirmed that their 10W-40 is compadible with motors needing 10W-30 oil
Im currently on the path to get it rebuilt as i cannot find a decent 1zz block in good order
most of the parts i'm buying to get it rebuilt are going to be OEM, except the Valve train and pistons, these are going to be crower stage 1 and MWR OEM quality pistons with the +0.5 bore, currently undecided with the valves, valve springs and retainers most likely am gonna get OEM on those too
All gaskets and seals are going to be replaced with OEM also
Anyone got some input on this? finding a good 1zz block in australia is hard, finding a mr2 one is like stumbling on a diamond in the middle of a shopping centre.
A 2zz is out of the question NO manual spyders in Australia, so the transmission is also like above stated motor
Any help/advice will be a great help
it is eating slightly less oil on mobil 1 5W-30, i used to use castrol edge 5W-30, Mobil 1 dissappears at 1 quart every 1900 miles, the castrol dissappears at 1 quart every 1500 miles.
My motors compression figures are fine (186 on all 4 cylinders) toyota has told me 190 is what a new 03+ 1zz-fe block has (Australian spec anyway).
I had them connect one of there techstream pcs to the car and they told me it was all running within spec
The only smoke there is that comes from the tail pipe is first start up of the day and only if its really cold, on a nice warm day there is no smoke at all, also this is clearish smoke the type all cars make on a really cold morning whilst they are warming up.
Some history on the motor might help this time.
1) Last time i didn't mention this but i used to take the car to the local racetrack for a few hot laps at
least one a week, so the motor has sorta had a hard life as it did see the redline often
2) The motor currently has around the 75000 miles mark, when i brought it, it had 35000 miles on the clock
3) The oil has always been changed at the 2800-3000 miles mark, toyota has told me that i should actually change it at 6000miles interval and because i change it too often that this may be the cause of my excessive oil consumtion, Is this true?
4) the motor is from a 04 are the piston rings still suseptable to sticking like the older motors
Now a little bit of advice i'd like some help on is, ive been told to got to a thicker oil by alot of mechanics ive taken it to as the 5W-30 grade oil is now too thin for the motor as it has worn at a faster rate because of the hard life it had.
i have brought Penrite 10W-40 Everyday Full Synthetic to try as my new oil any one know if this oil is good? I many got this as i could not find a single Full Synthetic 10W-30.
I e-mailed Penrite and they have confirmed that their 10W-40 is compadible with motors needing 10W-30 oil
Im currently on the path to get it rebuilt as i cannot find a decent 1zz block in good order
most of the parts i'm buying to get it rebuilt are going to be OEM, except the Valve train and pistons, these are going to be crower stage 1 and MWR OEM quality pistons with the +0.5 bore, currently undecided with the valves, valve springs and retainers most likely am gonna get OEM on those too
All gaskets and seals are going to be replaced with OEM also
Anyone got some input on this? finding a good 1zz block in australia is hard, finding a mr2 one is like stumbling on a diamond in the middle of a shopping centre.
A 2zz is out of the question NO manual spyders in Australia, so the transmission is also like above stated motor
Any help/advice will be a great help