TOYOTA Sludge problem?

**an0nim0us** · November 30th, 2005 06:28 PM

Any recent news or experience with this TOYOTA problem? It's a problem in the US until a few years ago on some of the popular toyota engines (as claimed by some owners).

**Bry** · November 30th, 2005 10:23 PM

Wala naman so far.

**mackvil** · December 1st, 2005 12:49 AM

ano yung sludge problem?

**Macky** · December 1st, 2005 05:49 AM

Lahat naman ng sasakyan pag pinabayaan mo magkakaproblema.....

Sludge problem is pag di ka nag-change oil ng matagal, may namumuo sa ilalim ng makina mo.

**ian_rex** · December 1st, 2005 05:57 AM

a ok. e hindi toyota ang may problema nyan- yung may-ari ng sasakyan...

**ishy** · December 1st, 2005 08:05 AM

Honga naman...

**bilog** · December 1st, 2005 08:22 AM

sa sobrang busy ng americans nakakalimutan na ang proper maintenance ng sasakyan...

**mazdamazda** · December 1st, 2005 09:38 AM

the Toyota sludge problem is real - don't just dismiss it as a maintenance-related problem... just google "toyota sludge" and you'll see what I am talking about.

there was a Rav4 owner here who posted about this problem a year or so ago. this resulted to premature engine failure and a brand new 1AZ-FE engine costs around P500K. last news that I've heard is that he was able to get a compromise / settlement from Toyota.

**Pro Staff** · December 1st, 2005 10:51 AM

anyone tsikoteer na nagkaroon na ng ganitong problem? 2 toyota na kasi ang naging oto at di ko naman sya naging problem and wala pa kong personal na kilala na naka-toyotang meron ganitong problem.

tnx

**niky** · December 1st, 2005 12:14 PM

AFAIK, the sludge problem is mostly Toyota's fault. They introduced a very long service interval in the US (lampas 10k km), which didn't take into account differences in usage due to traffic. If you're changing at very long intervals based on MILEAGE and not duration of use, you could be subjecting your engine to thousands of kilometers worth of wear in traffic and still not be going in for a change. (That's why Honda's 10k changes are EITHER 10k km or 6 months... just to be sure).

It would be interesting to know if any local Altises have experienced this problem, but I think our change interval is shorter because of local conditions. Anyone know?