Comments by "flagmichael" (@flagmichael) on "Here's Why Toyota Engines Consume Oil. Tear down and Repair." video.

  1. We had changed oil on our 2014 Prius when the maintenance reminder told us to. I noticed the maintenance schedule said 10K miles were good while the reminder was 5K mile. I was about to change to 10K miles when I saw your video that first told me to change every 5K miles. I think you may have saved me a small fortune somewhere in the not-distant future.
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  2. I almost always keep my cars until they start "crumbling" - a sharp and relentless increase in repairs. That has varied from 20 years / 270K miles for a 1985 Volvo wagon to 10 years for the 1984 Dodge 600 (Chrysler Lebaron).
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  3. It is smart to do the severe service intervals for oil changes anyway, methinks.
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  4. As a quick screening check on any used car (I have only bought 3 new ones in 50 years of driving) I look at the dipstick above the "full" line. If I see varnish I thank the seller for his time and keep looking. My 2014 Prius, at 147K miles, has just shiny metal above the full line. BTW, the second car I bought new - a Dodge 600 - was the worst car I ever owned. The carburetor died in the first week, and things didn't go any better.
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  5. He made a believer out of me, too. I can afford oil changes a lot more than I can afford engine changes. If he was some random Joe I would be skeptical, but a Toyota Master Mechanic is convincing.
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  6. All car reliability depends on maintenance. The big complaint people commenting here (and me!) seem to have is the owner's books calling for 10K mile changes.
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  7. AMD convinced me to stay with 5K mile changes. The amount of varnish in the original block told me where this story was going.
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