Recent content by Tina

For those of you that already got their cars repaired. What kind of work did they do? Just curious if some cars required more parts. Mine said repair kit, piston r/a0 piston/filters s/a oil/e1 5w20 bulk w/super long life cool/fipg oil pan. Thanks

Update on my scion xb I waited almost 2 months for my part. It took two days to repair, and it didn't require any other parts as some people mentioned (stem valve seal?). The job looks clean. It looks like I have a new engine in. All the parts looked good. Unless they cleaned them. Bad...

I just brought my scion xb in for the repair. Will they be contacting me about the valve seals or is it only if they feel like it should be replaced. I don't have that kind of money at the moment to spend 500 on it . Do you know if its required? Would I still burn oil without this being...

O Thank you for this information. If I can't prove excessive oil consumption, is it bad for me in the future to be driving in this condition? Of course I will check my levels and add when needed but will it be a problem if I didn't replace the rings/pistons?

I explained this to the dealer and I understand its the guidelines they are following but they said I'm welcome to take the test as many times as I want until I prove them wrong. Someone there also told me older cars do consume more oil. It just started happening this year at a high mileage...

Hi there. I have no idea what to do. I get an oil change every 5k as the sticker says at Toyota. At about 135k mile . I was 1200 away from my next oil change and the low pressure oil light came on. I took it to the dealer and I had lower than minimum oil. They then requested to do a oil...