SMGS300

Hey Guys/Girls,

I was wanting to see how many of us in our group are experiencing oil loss with our 350's. I feel like a lot of us our having the same problems as the 300's. I know from my own experience that with in the last year my own car has had two Low Oil Lights come on and at least 4 times it was dropped off at the dealer for top offs. Just in the last 1,500 miles I have lost about a quart of oil. I have spoke to a few people who have suggested that maybe if there are a enough of us documented that maybe we could get Lexus to do something for us. I would like to believe that most of us would agree that Lexus saying that " Burning up to a quart of oil every 1,000 miles is acceptable" is not a proper answer to this problem.

LexusLive

Yep. Knew it.

JLAWS

2007 Gs350 with 84K miles. No loss yet.

triom

Starting at 110k, I had to add a quart between (5,000 mile) oil changes a few months ago. But most recently, I had add a quart TWO times between oil changes. I read a few of the threads on the GS300. Has anyone with a GS350 had this issues resolved by the dealership?

ez12a

90k miles, no loss. It might be a problem for some people but i dont think it's very common. Probably less instances than the 1st gen TSX.

*knock on wood*

ButterBean

Just hit 93000 miles and my 09 GS 350 has burned through all of the oil from my last oil change in 3K miles and through 2 Quarts that I added in a thousand miles.

So frustrating as I love this car and planned to keep it for several more years. Talking to the Lexus dealership on Monday to see what they will do.

Kashill

This is highly atypical and therefore a symtom of other engine issues even at 93k miles...obvious leaks, pcv system failure, or oil rings.

I have a MY2008 with 132,xxx miles and no noticeable oil consumption.

ButterBean

Do you guys know if the V8s in the LS have this same issue?

ez12a

Can't vote in the poll but i do not experience any loss after 2k miles at 93k. Better than my old 3G TL.

Doublebase

Depends on what year of the LS you're talking about...as for the 2007's and up, I'd say using somewhere around a quart during a five thousand mile interval is about average...give or take a little bit. With my own LS I tend to use around 3/4 of a quart on the way to 5,000-6,000 miles, but I also am using a 0w20 synthetic. The lightweight synthetics are like water, it's so thin, I imagine if I stepped it up to a 5w30, it wouldn't use any oil at all.

There are people who own the older versions of the LS that claim they don't use any oil at all, but that's hard to believe because every engine uses a little bit of oil.

Bavaria

9 years old, 75k miles, never used a drop.

703

Toyota is certainly doing their best to cover up badly designed engines. The old days of bulletproof engines are long gone. Maybe this is actually engineered obsolescence across the board.

xbladex00

didn't get to vote but I think i only lost about 0-2 quarts then again i might have dropped a quart on the floor