Toyota Corolla 11th Generation Altis [Merged Threads]

**jut703** · June 19th, 2015 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by busoglusog

need help guys gusto ko na sana alisin sa casa yung altis ko pag dating ng 20k kms niya. college student lang kasi ako with a puny allowance. ayoko naman mag ipon ng 7-10k every 3 months kasi sayang naman pwede na pang mods ng kotse yun at bihira lang umabot ng 5k kms every year. ang tanong kunwari may tok sound or any issues hindi naman related sa engine, maclaim ko ba sa warranty? TIA

My thoughts:

1. It's good that you decided to shoulder the maintenance of the car so your parents don't have to worry about that as well. It'll help you learn how to budget your allowance too.

2. If you're really intent on shouldering maintenance, then do it properly as opposed to cutting costs for mods. It's stupid to buy mods unless you're so financially liquid that you don't have to save several months of your allowance for impractical upgrades.

3. It's ok not to go to the casa, as long as you know what needs to be done to your car.

4. Casa maintenance is not 7-10k. It's closer to 3-5k if you just use mineral oil. If you bring the car to a Helix Service Center, it'll be about 2k for a complete PMS, including low-end mineral oil.

5. ZR engines aren't prone to sludging. Don't get it confused with the older ZZ engines. You can follow the km intervals as opposed to months, this will help you save on unnecessarily frequent PMS.

Since Toyota maintenance is so cheap, I recommend keeping the car casa-maintained, even just until the 3-year warranty is up. But if you don't mind losing the warranty, just find a good service center to get it done outside.

**jut703** · June 19th, 2015 07:35 PM

Was surprised with my FC today. I travelled back from Mariveles, Bataan to Manila, and the MID showed 12.9 km/L. However, when I filled up, the actual FC was 14.81 km/L. With the same route and driving style, I only get 12-14 km/L with the Vios 1.3.

**StockEngine** · June 19th, 2015 07:39 PM

That mid is from the vios. Lol

Did you reset the MID after the oil change? Its calculations are probably based on the break in period.

**StockEngine** · June 19th, 2015 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by busoglusog

Ay mam 10k kms po pala or 1 year sorry typo po. Gusto ko kasi maging independent man lang sa maintainance nung car. Meron kasi ako free supply ng fully synthetic oil, kaya kung dadalhin ko din naman sa casa yung sarili kong oil void lang din naman warranty ko, so useless din at mahal pa babayaran ko sa casa. Ok sana if casa will allow me to bring my own oil and then warranty will be kept. Ang afford ko lang din oil sa casa is yung regular oil kaso kung every 3 months ako papa change oil lugi din ako. Ang takot ko lang naman yung oil sludge kaya magpapalit ako by month sana and not by kms. kung regular oil gamit ko every 3 months interval daw nun, if fully synthetic naman 6 months gagawin kong interval. Kaya hindi ko alam kung sa suking shell station ako papachange oil.

Dont worry too much about toyota engine. Its one of the most reliable ones. As long as you change oil every 5k. Ask your service adviser if pwede every 4mo(if 5k hadnt been reached) with the conventional oil.

**jut703** · June 19th, 2015 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by StockEngine

That mid is from the vios. Lol

Did you reset the MID after the oil change? Its calculations are probably based on the break in period.

I reset my MID every fill-up, so that I can directly compare its accuracy compared to the FT method.

My last fillups:

1. MID 12.5 km/L, actual 12.0 km/L
2. MID 8.8 km/L, actual 8.47 km/L
3. MID 12.5 km/L, actual 12.91 km/L

It's mostly accurate +/- a few tenths, except for the most recent fillup where it was 2 km/L off.

**EQAddict** · June 19th, 2015 08:12 PM

Nothing beats the MID readout of my edsa crawl. Okay its not a corolla but its a 1.5 liter engine paired to a cvt. Edsa traffic suxxors big time.

**gma11** · June 19th, 2015 10:26 PM

Hello tsikoteers, here's my 3ZZ-FE engine from my 9th gen Altis with 58,000km on the clock. Oil and filter change done at home every 5,000km with Toyota Fully Synthetic oil. No engine flush whatsoever, just drain and refill. Mostly metro manila traffic. Valve cover was removed to replace the old and hardened valve cover rubber gasket. Spark plugs are replaced every 10,000km. Air filter is cleaned with compressed air everytime I change oil and replaced at 30,000km. She's now at 86,000km and still purring like a kitten. Just sharing. Salamat.

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Hello tsikoteers, here's my 3ZZ-FE engine from my 9th gen Altis with 58,000km on the clock. Oil and filter change done at home every 5,000km with Toyota Fully Synthetic oil. No engine flush whatsoever, just drain and refill. Mostly metro manila traffic. Valve cover was removed to replace the old and hardened valve cover rubber gasket. Spark plugs are replaced every 10,000km. Air filter is cleaned with compressed air everytime I change oil and replaced at 30,000km. She's now at 86,000km and still purring like a kitten. Just sharing. Salamat.

**StockEngine** · June 19th, 2015 11:50 PM

Somewhat wasteful. Unless the sparkplugs and fully synthetic oils are free.

Fully synthetic can last longer than 5k. Change your interval to 7500km.

Sparkplugs can be inspected. Throwing away a good set is rather like throwing money away.

Hope you changed your tranny oil.

**gma11** · June 20th, 2015 01:42 AM

Yes I do change my ATF as recommended in the manual and brake fluid as well.

**bishop87** · June 20th, 2015 11:57 AM

Good day.ask ko lang po kung san ba mas ok magpalagay ng keyless entry for altis 1.6E?before ko po ba i-pullout sa casa or sa labas na?ill be getting it soon na kasi.any idea how much?thanks