Comments by "crazypj" (@1crazypj) on "Why do Toyota engines consume oil ? And how to prevent it?" video.

  1. I'm a motorcycle mechanic and low tension rings have been around since the 1980's. If you want to know if your burning oil, just go out at night and have someone drive up behind you with low beam on, (engine has to be fully warmed up or all you can see will be condensation) at a stop, light blue smoke is visible even with catalytic converters The problem isn't oil jets and low tension rings but people wanting low maintenance and dealerships relying on a captive market. (one thing that has ALWAYS pissed me off is being overcharged for 'shop supplies') If I'm paying $35.00 or more I want the 'leftovers', not have workshop use a tiny bit of whatever and over charge next person for what I just paid for) Selling the same can of aerosol or whatever multiple times is just dishonest The other things are dealer 'up-selling and 'flat rate'. I ran motorcycle workshops for years, we made a profit without a bunch of 'hidden costs' and pissed off customers. I have always found 'flat rate' to be a bad thing as corners get cut to make more money and mistakes get made Any product used by a manufacturer, should be available for general sale Toyota and Yamaha have a very long partnership, it's almost always Dealer/shop General Manager who refuses to sell products (same business model as Apple - you HAVE to come to us, except that was challenged and changed in 2012) Workshops I ran paid technicians a fair rate to do the job right, salespeople went through handbooks to explain to customers about servicing. Out of unknown thousands, only two people ever asked 'do I need to know this shit?' It was so unusual I remember it well. Even today, people are still carrying out 1920's~30's 'warm up and gentle driving' plus a load of other fallacies that haven't applied for more than 50 years. You don't have to 'drive it like you stole it' but a lot of things still being done cause more harm than good (excessive idling with AC on will overload various parts - eventually) It's no wonder vast majority of customers refer to 'stealerships' Oh, Magnusson Moss act still applies to auto's even though dealers hate it
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