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Shawn wrote: I was thinking about getting a Toyota. But after reading this, No thank you. I hear you brother.
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Bob
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I heard that there are more engine problems that will be announced soon.
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Dena
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I just bought a 2002 Toyota Camry V4 with 80,000 miles. Within 6 weeks of owning, the engine light came on. We took it in and the Toyota dealer found sludge in the engine. I know the woman the car belonged to previously, and I believe she kept the oil changed regularly. I'm going to have to replace the engine. I saw someone else on this site has the same problem with this make and model.
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Truckin
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Dena wrote: I just bought a 2002 Toyota Camry V4 with 80,000 miles. Within 6 weeks of owning, the engine light came on. We took it in and the Toyota dealer found sludge in the engine. I know the woman the car belonged to previously, and I believe she kept the oil changed regularly. I'm going to have to replace the engine. I saw someone else on this site has the same problem with this make and model. Good for you, you deserve a sludged engine, especially since it was a V4 and Toyota never manufactured a V4 for the Camry. It appears that someone swapped in an oddball motor. You should have checked the VIN numbers before you purchased. Anyway, make sure you get a 3.0L V6 when you replace that engine.
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Dena
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Truckin wrote: <quoted text>
Good for you, you deserve a sludged engine, especially since it was a V4 and Toyota never manufactured a V4 for the Camry. It appears that someone swapped in an oddball motor. You should have checked the VIN numbers before you purchased. Anyway, make sure you get a 3.0L V6 when you replace that engine. It was an I 4 cylinder. Excuse me. It's still a piece of junk.
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Dena
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Built Ford Tough wrote: Be sure to get a new Dodge Caravan or Journey this time. It won't leave you walking like that Toyota. Thank You!
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Someone
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Truckin wrote: <quoted text>
Good for you, you deserve a sludged engine, especially since it was a V4 and Toyota never manufactured a V4 for the Camry. It appears that someone swapped in an oddball motor. You should have checked the VIN numbers before you purchased. Anyway, make sure you get a 3.0L V6 when you replace that engine. Check your facts, Toyota has an inline 4 engine. The camry is available with 2.2l inline 4 engine.
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Truckin
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Check your facts, Toyota has an inline 4 engine. The camry is available with 2.2l inline 4 engine. Check your facts, an inline four (I4) is very different in architecture than a V4 engine. Not all four cylinder engines are created equal.
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Truckin
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Dena wrote: <quoted text>
It was an I 4 cylinder. Excuse me. It's still a piece of junk. I am glad it is sludged and you are faced with an expensive repair. People like you shouldn't even be driving much less diagnosing engine problems on V4 engines that were never manufactured. Pretty boring Indy 500 huh?
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Mike
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Truckin wrote: <quoted text>
Check your facts, an inline four (I4) is very different in architecture than a V4 engine. Not all four cylinder engines are created equal. Toyota did make a v4 engine for the car she stated. As a matter of fact they them way back to 96. Maybe you need to get your facts straight.
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David Ebert
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Mike wrote: <quoted text>
Toyota did make a v4 engine for the car she stated. As a matter of fact they them way back to 96. Maybe you need to get your facts straight. Can you please tell me what model it was fitted too?
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David Ebert
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After more checking Toyota has very released a v4 engine they might have built a experimental V4 engine. Wikpedia has listed all Toyota engines fitted to there cars trucks.
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Truckin
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Mike wrote: <quoted text>
Toyota did make a v4 engine for the car she stated. As a matter of fact they them way back to 96. Maybe you need to get your facts straight. Wrong, it was an inline 4. A V4 is not balanced and does not make a good automotive engine. Go back to posting your usual spam you gooch licker.
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Sonny
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Any more problems?
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Benjamin
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Sonny wrote: Any more problems? I purchased a 2004 Toyota Corolla. At approximately 56,000 miles the engine lost compression. I had it towed to Toyota dealership in Savannah, GA. Where a service technician told me that the engine oil had sludged up very bad inside the engine. He also stated that the 60 month/60,000 mile power train warranty would not be honored because I could not show proof of evidence of oil changes over the past year. And I needed to show 3 proofs for every year I owned the vehicle. If I could show proof, then it would be covered under the power train warranty. I purchased the vehicle it had 49,500 miles, and my wife had the oil changed at 51043. After roughly 1500 miles. Which I do have proof of. Afterwards I spent the following year in Iraq and the car stayed in my garage being started periodically to keep the batteries and seals in good condition. I have only owned the vehicle a year. How am I supposed to get oil changes when I am two-thirds of the way around the world and the vehicle isnt being drove? When I returned from Iraq, I changed the oil myself (again I have proof of this through bank statements) and took my family on a vacation up to Michigan. Making sure the engine was in good condition to operate safely on this trip. On the way back to Georgia, I noticed the engine was running rough so I stopped and fueled up my vehicle and checked the oil. To my surprise, the oil levels were dangerously low. So I promptly added more oil (Pennzoil 5w-30). We continued on our trip home and I stopped to fuel up the car and check the oil again after about 200-250 miles. Again, the oil was very low, barely registering on the dip stick. So I added more oil. This proceeded the whole trip back. Constantly adding oil. This is not normal and I know that for a fact. The engine eventually lost all compression or most of it at least. Now I am being handed a bill for $4,905 for the cost of repairs on this vehicle on top of car rental fees. According to the owners manual, oil change intervals should be conducted every 5,000 miles or 6 months. But here I am being denied service because I dont have proof of 3 oil changes in only 5,000 miles. How is this justified? I feel i am being taken advantage of in this situation and would like to know if I have any legal standing.
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Ken
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I have a 2003 Toyota Camry that has developed an oil sludge problem with only 45K miles on it. It now burns excessive oil and puts out a large, embarrassing blue smoke cloud upon startup. Took it to an independent mechanic who gave me the bad news. I had to pay him $750 to take the heads off and clean as much of the sludge out as he could get to. He showed it to me and it looked like axel grease. He told me to change the oil every 1000 miles to possibly reverse the problem. I have been doing that for about 6 months now with no change in condition. The car still burns about 1 to 2 quarts per week! It smokes like crazy upon startup. Between constantly adding oil in between these oil changes and the oil changes themselves I have spent about $300 on oil. I have owned many different makes of autos and have always taken care of the maintenance myself. I never wait more than 5K miles to change my oil. I have never had a problem with any of my vehicles except this one. I still drive a Pontiac with over 150K miles and not one problem with sludging! Why would I think to keep the receipts for simple oil changes...unless I knew in advance I was going to have an oil problem? Which I didn't. I don't have any receipts after about the first 3 years when the car was serviced at Toyota. My elderly mother owned the car until the 3 year warranty expired at which time I bought it from her. I put about 18000 miles/year on it for the 2 years I have owned it. It only had about 15K on it when I got it from my mom.
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Ken
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I have a 2003 Toyota Camry that has developed an oil sludge problem with only 45K miles on it. It now burns excessive oil and puts out a large, embarrassing blue smoke cloud upon startup. Took it to an independent mechanic who gave me the bad news. I had to pay him $750 to take the heads off and clean as much of the sludge out as he could get to. He showed it to me and it looked like axel grease. He told me to change the oil every 1000 miles to possibly reverse the problem. I have been doing that for about 6 months now with no change in condition. The car still burns about 1 to 2 quarts per week! It smokes like crazy upon startup. Between constantly adding oil in between these oil changes and the oil changes themselves I have spent about $300 on oil. I have owned many different makes of autos and have always taken care of the maintenance myself. I never wait more than 5K miles to change my oil. I have never had a problem with any of my vehicles except this one. I still drive a Pontiac with over 150K miles and not one problem with sludging! Why would I think to keep the receipts for simple oil changes...unless I knew in advance I was going to have an oil problem? Which I didn't. I don't have any receipts after about the first 3 years when the car was serviced at Toyota. My elderly mother owned the car until the 3 year warranty expired at which time I bought it from her. I put about 18000 miles/year on it for the 2 years I have owned it. It only had about 15K on it when I got it from my mom.
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You Got Sludged
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Anyone who steals the car from their elderly mother deserves a sludger motor! LOL....good luck with that turd pal. Better you than me. It's common knowledge that when under warranty you need to have the oil changed at the dealer or hang to the receipts you moron. I'm sure your elderly mother neglected the vehicle and drove it on the "granny cycle" LOL...
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realist
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My toyota camry had over 250,000 with no problems before i sold it and I changed the oil every 12,000 miles with Amsoil . Now I have over 150,000 on my corolla with no problems.
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avalon
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Indeed my mom has a 2001 avalon with over 130,000 and running strong, believe it or not she never even changed the timing belt on that thing although I get on her about that. I will admit toyota make a hell of a car
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