Just bought a '06 Scion tC
09-26-2017, 04:26 PM
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Just bought a '06 Scion tC
Hey guys, new here, but had some questions.
I bought a 2006 Scion tC from a local dealership yesterday. Has 89k miles and seems to run well. Carfax had 1 previous owner that appears to have kept up on regular maintenance.
I picked up the car to be used mainly as a daily commuter (no more than 30 or so miles a day) and figured this would fit the bill as I was able to talk them down to $5000 from their $6000 asking price (noted a couple dimples from hail and a busted turn signal on the driver side mirror).
Other than that, car was clean, drove smoothly and feels good overall.
However, I was not aware of the oil consumption issue I'm now seeing mentioned in a lot of places. I did some initial research, but seemed to miss these reports....
How screwed am I? I don't know if it has the issue, since I'm going to have to drive it a bit before I can tell. But everything I've read indicates that if it does have the problem, I'm pretty much stuck with it at this point. I don't mind having to top off a quart of oil every now and again, but I'm wondering how severe this consumption can get if not fixed.
Additionally, when I look at the extended warranty from Toyota, it only covered 2007 and up and nothing noted for the '06 -- did the '06 model year have the issue?
Thanks!
I bought a 2006 Scion tC from a local dealership yesterday. Has 89k miles and seems to run well. Carfax had 1 previous owner that appears to have kept up on regular maintenance.
I picked up the car to be used mainly as a daily commuter (no more than 30 or so miles a day) and figured this would fit the bill as I was able to talk them down to $5000 from their $6000 asking price (noted a couple dimples from hail and a busted turn signal on the driver side mirror).
Other than that, car was clean, drove smoothly and feels good overall.
However, I was not aware of the oil consumption issue I'm now seeing mentioned in a lot of places. I did some initial research, but seemed to miss these reports....
How screwed am I? I don't know if it has the issue, since I'm going to have to drive it a bit before I can tell. But everything I've read indicates that if it does have the problem, I'm pretty much stuck with it at this point. I don't mind having to top off a quart of oil every now and again, but I'm wondering how severe this consumption can get if not fixed.
Additionally, when I look at the extended warranty from Toyota, it only covered 2007 and up and nothing noted for the '06 -- did the '06 model year have the issue?
Thanks!
09-27-2017, 10:46 AM
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The issue had to do with the oil return holes on the pistons of the 07 and up models. They were revised for those model years. The 05-06 do not generally have this problem. I'm sure there are a few that do burn oil, but that's true for any engine. From what I can tell, major oil consumption was not a common issue for an 05 or 06 model years.