How Many Miles Does Your Scion tC1 have and What Year is it??
#1384
08 tC bought it August 13, 2007 it has 80,2++ now! Have had nothing really major wrong with it except the waterpump went out around 65K but was covered under warranty. Should be paid off this month!
#1393
Mine is ticking like a sewing machine but runs great. I never thought about it being a water pump. I assumed it was a sticking lifter. Interesting, I might have to try just changing the water pump before I get into anything else.
#1394
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Last edited by Jon; 07-24-2012 at 01:40 AM. Reason: Quoting pictures
#1396
An 07 and I've just gotten lucky oil change #13....so 65,000 miles. By the way, any of you guys run synthetic and notice if it runs better/oil comes out cleaner?
I should note: I do a lot more stop and go driving, and start/stop my car multiple times a day because I have school and work and go to the gym a lot...but all within a 10 mile radius. I may or may not use my car in such a way this coming quarter but I just wanna know if I should put in synthetic for conditions like that...Oh yeah it's about high 90s average out here during this time. I've been using castrol 5w-20 and I noticed a lot less oil came out than I remember putting in this time around.
I should note: I do a lot more stop and go driving, and start/stop my car multiple times a day because I have school and work and go to the gym a lot...but all within a 10 mile radius. I may or may not use my car in such a way this coming quarter but I just wanna know if I should put in synthetic for conditions like that...Oh yeah it's about high 90s average out here during this time. I've been using castrol 5w-20 and I noticed a lot less oil came out than I remember putting in this time around.
Last edited by c1cknh4n; 07-24-2012 at 07:58 PM.
#1397
I read somewhere that if you haven't been running synthetic from early on, there's no point in changing to it now. I've been running it since the 3rd oil change. I'm about to hit 120k and it still doesn't burn any oil. I don't see how some people are going through a quart between every oil change.
I run Pennzoil Ultra: http://www.pennzoil.com/motor-oil/pe...synthetic-oil/
It's supposed to clean so it comes out darker of course.
I run Pennzoil Ultra: http://www.pennzoil.com/motor-oil/pe...synthetic-oil/
It's supposed to clean so it comes out darker of course.