This is Tom in Chicago, always your fan, and watch 90% of your yt videos. i may miss few some days. I think you sold me 2 Toyota after watching your videos in those years. A question on 2010 Prius, paid $6K on 88K miles last March. Now it's over 100K. I found oil burning. I change oil in every 5K, and engine is burning 1 qt between each oil change, so about 1qt in 5k miles, not that bad compare to other 2010 and 11 prius owners. I search online, most likely toyota screwed up on pistons rings on 10 and 11 model. Is that a big cost to replace rings, which parts do you recommend, should I buy oem rings or aftermarket rings. Also, blown head gaskets could cause oil burning too, but how to tell if oil burning caused by bad rings or bad head gasket. I live in Chicago for 20 years now and thinking about moving to red states, like wi, in and tn. I talked to many people locally, and I can tell you that you have millions fans in IL and WI. They all say that dealer screw them up, but scotty tell them the truth, thanks.
Tom
Unfortunately, that’s one of the major issues (oil burning/consumption) for those years Prius. We have that listed under our Toyota/Honda Common Problems sticky below under our Car Buying Guide:
I wouldn’t bother with rebuilding the engine (will cost a small fortune and no guarantee the guys rebuilding will do it correctly). I would just live with it and keep adding oil; that’s a cheaper solution.
I'd live with the oil burning. Just top off between oil changes. The larger problem, sooner or later, will go toward replacing the hybrid rechargeable battery. That's a four figure expense.
Going off of the 2010 Prius track record, I doubt its because of the head gasket. Toyota just managed to make a ton of defective engines back then. All you can do is make sure to continue adding oil so you don't blow the engine up.
