Low oil warning: prudent response?

[H2O_Doc]

On my way home from Embarrassing myself at a Latin dance club, I got the low oil warning LESS THAN 400 MILES SINCE LAST OIL CHANGE. Mind you, that oil change was prompted by somewhat low oil at 2.5k miles.

Should I add oil or do I need to let Toyota see it as it is?

If I should add, what oil meets specs? I anticipating I might not be able to get the Toyota branded oil on a Sunday?

damnit.

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[max]

The manual will give you suggestions as to a compatible, non-Toyota oil. Main thing, is to get the one with the right viscosity specification. I would not drive it that low and if you can get it to the dealer to fill the oil, that would be best. Just follow the recommendations per the manual.

 

[Zupra1776]

Did you check the oil after the change to verify it was at the correct level?

If so, that's certainly burning a fair amount. I'd go get a quart (with a different vehicle) add it, then take the car to the dealer.

 

[H2O_Doc]

Did you check the oil after the change to verify it was at the correct level?

If so, that's certainly burning a fair amount. I'd go get a quart (with a different vehicle) add it, then take the car to the dealer.

Good question and I should have stated that I did check the level shortly after the oil change.

thanks for chiming in.

 

[digicidal]

Do you have any visible where you park? That soon after a change (unless you've been tracking it hard during that 400 miles) would make me wonder if they didn't get the drain plug all the way tight or if the sensor was bad and it's full. Hate to see an overfill by a full quart just because the sensor was bad... but without a dipstick what can you do?

I love it when technology makes things "easier" by taking perfectly reliable options away from us.

 

[H2O_Doc]

Do you have any visible where you park? That soon after a change (unless you've been tracking it hard during that 400 miles) would make me wonder if they didn't get the drain plug all the way tight or if the sensor was bad and it's full. Hate to see an overfill by a full quart just because the sensor was bad... but without a dipstick what can you do?

I love it when technology makes things "easier" by taking perfectly reliable options away from us.

No oil on the ground. Not a drop. Not tracked. Really puzzling.

 

[digicidal]

No oil on the ground. Not a drop. Not tracked. Really puzzling.

If that's not a sensor misreading that's some horrible burn! Agree quite puzzling and frustrating.

If there is such a thing as a "silver lining" in this... at that rate you'll never need an oil change because you'll have replaced the full 7 by the time it's due for one - so you can just do the filter.

 

[Zupra1776]

Yea that burn rate makes me think new car or new engine. I went 1,000 miles on mine after 1st oil change and didn't loose a drop.

 

[H2O_Doc]

Yea that burn rate makes me think new car or new engine. I went 1,000 miles on mine after 1st oil change and didn't loose a drop.

Argh! I’ll keep everyone posted. I’m quite happy with my Supra and will keep my fingers crossed.

 

[underdonk]

I swear, the most wanted feature for the '22 cars should be an f'ing dipstick. Drives me crazy we need to rely on electronics for such a simple task. Have you tried taking the measurement multiple times while the car is at multiple locations? Remember most garages are built at a slight angle for drainage purposes (assuming yours is in a garage).

 

[Lendo]

The dancing sounds fun but I’m sorry to hear about your oil woes OP. Are you running a piggyback or stock setup?

 

[H2O_Doc]

The dancing sounds fun but I’m sorry to hear about your oil woes OP. Are you running a piggyback or stock setup?

Dancing is quite challenging for me, but watching swaying hips was nice.

No piggyback. Got one waiting to go in, but concerns about oil consumption had me put installation off.

 

[H2O_Doc]

Talked to service this morning. Asked if I should bring my Supra in or just monitor. Service rep said “bring it in so we can mark the oil level on the dip stick and monitor the burn rate.”

Excuse me? Dip stick?

In fairness, he wasn’t their Supra guy. I did get ahold of the Supra guy, who took my call while on vacation, literally with a fish on the hook!!! He said, bring it in.

 

[gcmak]

Nice, bring it in is the right way. I think there's one more warning message after the one you see, that tells you to add oil immediately...so just take it to the dealer. Interested in what they come up with!

 

[nosavingthrow]

I swear, the most wanted feature for the '22 cars should be an f'ing dipstick. Drives me crazy we need to rely on electronics for such a simple task. Have you tried taking the measurement multiple times while the car is at multiple locations? Remember most garages are built at a slight angle for drainage purposes (assuming yours is in a garage).

The oil measuring system in the Supra (and other BMWs) is pretty much the textbook example of over-engineering something. They took a bulletproof, easy to use and time proven component and made it failure prone and difficult to use instead.

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