Quote Originally Posted by lowslowbenz View Post
35K PMS is just an ordinary lube service. Its basically draining the old oil, unscrewing the old filter, installing the new filter, and pouring in new oil.

Oh yeah, while your old oil is draining, the Toyota tech would just check (eyeball) your belts, battery poles, brake/clutch fluids, brake pad thickness, etc. Check your service manual its all there.

Its all just checking, noting it down on the service job order if there's anything out of the ordinary. Then service advisor calls you if the situation needs fixing, other wise its all just tick, tick, tick on the checklist.

A bit of cold start tappet noise is IMHO "normal" in some cases. Its on a case to case basis though, very subjective.
Casa people will bring my car back to the casa. They used like a stethoscope and I heard they said palyado nga and that the sound is indeed coming from the top of the engine. WTF could have happened to my car's engine when it only ran 35k in 4 years and I follow the oil change religiously naman. I never had any noise in my car when starting the engine in the past. It was always silent.

Quote Originally Posted by crazy_boy View Post
you need good quality oil and oil filter to prevent sludge.
I've been having my casa with PMS ever since. Nakakatakot pa because the casa person said a similar thing happened to a client but the noise came out of the first week the car was bought. My car just turned 4 and out of warranty