Update: oil drain plug fell outta Tundra

[Stubee]

At dealer now. Truck was fine on 146 mile trip here. They drained/checked oil, refilled with synthetic, cleaned it up & covered my tow expenses etc. + gave me about $200 in replacement parts & cash to cover my hassle. I did not ask for nor expect the $200. They also are giving me extra 40K engine warranty thru dealer in writing & according to them Toyota knows about this through my call to Toyota Roadside Assistance so dealer warranty = Toyota warranty. Service manager showed me emails from his GM & Toyota RM on this that I didn't intend to start before talking to dealer.

Anyway I'm done for now & think truck will be as good as before. Hope so as it's been great.

 

[schoolsout]

WOW...sounds like you have a pretty good dealer.

 

[PapaPerk]

Toyota normally takes good care of it's customers! Good luck.

 

[5030]

Isn't the Tundra engine the one that suffers from sludging and poor oil flow anyway?

 

[Diamondpilot]

At dealer now. Truck was fine on 146 mile trip here. They drained/checked oil, refilled with synthetic, cleaned it up & covered my tow expenses etc. + gave me about $200 in replacement parts & cash to cover my hassle. I did not ask for nor expect the $200. They also are giving me extra 40K engine warranty thru dealer in writing & according to them Toyota knows about this through my call to Toyota Roadside Assistance so dealer warranty = Toyota warranty. Service manager showed me emails from his GM & Toyota RM on this that I didn't intend to start before talking to dealer.

Anyway I'm done for now & think truck will be as good as before. Hope so as it's been great.

This is why Toyota is so love. They step up.

Chris

 

[jonyyuma]

I haven't heard of a Tundra engine sludging, I did know , and read of some Camry engines, prior to 2000. My 2001 was exepted when i had it tested. I just used mobil 1 in it..We sold it at 160k.

 

[jonyyuma]

Stubee, I am so glad they treated you right.I had a lot better luck with the dealers when I bought new products...I own a 2006, it has been flawless...

 

[5030]

.....maybe it was the Tacoma. I'm not a Toyota fan, or at least not new ones. I always liked the old Land Cruiser with the straight 6 and solid axles.

I remember hearing about some sludging problems somewhere but I didn't pay a lot of attention.

 

[bp fick]

Toyota has built great products for a long time. Yes, although it has absolutely nothing to do with this thread, they had some sludge issues, but basically is was a matter of absurdly long oil change interval times being pushed, imho.

My kids have had 4 or 5 different Toys over the years and have gotten 200K out of all of them with almost zero issues whatsoever.

 

[5030]

You should be able to safely extend the change interval to 10K miles using synthetic oil. I have and I do spectroscopic analysis on my oil and it's still fine at 10K.