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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
I wonder if my 210,000-mile 2013 Scion xB 5-speed with a best price trade-in value of $500, up from $300, has an engine chain or a belt. It is what I drive?
It actually still drives pretty good, set it at 65-66-67-68-69-70 mph cruise control, is best to blend speed, for the right lane, Rt-93 ..... and it goes good. No highway breakdowns, yet.
For a highway or roadway breakdown around here, Buskey's Auto in Ashland, 603-968-7044 is who I'm gonna call for a flat bed truck, tow-a-way, back to Buskey's Garage in Ashland, Exit-24, where they will fix the problem. You get to hang out in their front waiting area with hot coffee and Halloween style, pumpkin cup-cakes for 2-hours or so ..... or take a walk up the hill to the Ashland Public Library.
This 2013 Scion xB with a Camry style 4-cyclinder engine, or something, has always had an oil consumption problem. At every gasoline fill-up, forever, I need to add about 3/4 quart of the $2.88 Walmart 5w-20 oil, and it has been like this since i bought it, brand new in May-2014 from Irwin Toyota. There are absolutely no oil drips under the car, so where does the oil go? It must go out the exhaust, or somewhere?
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That scion has the Toyota 2AZFE engine in it. That does have a timing chain in it.
FYI - There have been complaints of this engine "burning oil" in North America, with the issue starting after 45,000 miles (72,000 km), though mostly after 60,000–75,000 miles (97,000–121,000 km). Piston ring design has been identified as a potential problem. Toyota has issued a TSB (Technical service bulletin) TSB #0094-11 in August 2011 but has not issued a recall.
IF a TSB is issued then if you actually took it to the dealer for regular oil changes and this condition was confirmed it would have been fixed free of charge. Throwing quart after quart of oil in it will not fix the problem and it will over time deteriorate till you eventually have a potental catestrophic failure. Since this appears to be blow by into the combustion chamber likely what will take the most abuse is the catalytic converter.