Big 2GR-FKS engine problem

He said shortblock is upwards of 4800, complete assembly is 28000. I'm just baffled by the discrepancy in price when the only additional parts are the heads and engine accesories.

 

I assumed it came with everything under the hood.

 

Subscribing this thread.

Just took mine in for 5k service. Was short a bit of oil, light going on intermittently.

I'll go talk to the techs and see what they did.

I did do a bit of offroading before (mostly trail runs), but that shouldn't result in oil burn, right?

 

Did your light turn on at 5k miles or before? I'm at 4450 and my maintenance light has been on permanently for the last 80 miles. Also went off roading recently.

 

Maintenance light is a factory thing. You can just reset that, but hey, ToyotaCare is free. It comes on 500 miles before the service interval. Mine came on too.


This was different.

I didn't do anything too insane, just wanted a chance to put it in 4L/atrac (ha!) So I did a little bit of Tonga Pass until my tires hated me.

Oil level display popped on, I checked the stick manually, and it was barely on the stick.

Currently at 4800-ish.

 

I wonder if this is some kind of first model year thing.

 

I sure hope not.

I'll keep y'all up to date, don't you worry.

 

I just believe Toyota will make this right with the owners of the trucks in question.

 

Anybody else chime in? Whats your oil level at 5,000 miles? This sucks. My 2nd gen 4 cylinder didn't burn any oil until it was well into the 200k miles

 

Update: dealer just called, they have commenced the oil consumption test. Update in a few weeks (or 6k miles)

 

Repairs under warrantee are promised.

 

Could be worse I guess. At least the low oil indicator worked? I wouldn't even think to check the dipstick on a new toyota before the first 5K miles.

 

We're screwed.

 

Sadly, I don't have anything further to update on the case I originally posted about, but I have not encountered, nor have I heard of any other similar low oil situations.

 

I would think that if a valve guide seal failed sufficiently enough to allow a significant amount of oil into the cylinder that the engine would be smoking noticeably. In any event this certainly appears to be a workmanship issue, and I hope it is an isolated incident.

 

I'll let you guys know what the result is in another 1000 miles for the oil consumption test.

 

Mine has not used any that I have noticed and I check regularly. At 6000 miles and two oil changes.

 

I hope my oil indicator light works. I cannot see the oil level on my dipstick. (734 miles)

 

Drill some small holes at the business end of the dip stick.