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Old 02-26-2013, 07:27 PM   #81
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First off I take it you didn't read my original post but ill help you. "If anything one of the VVTI came gears are damaged. Maybe you are using thicker oil then recommended and debre is in your oil blocking the passages" never did I say the oil caused the issue. The oil can have debree in it which I was implying thicker oil can cause slower flow threw the screen mesh filter for the VVTI. But in reality I would assume its a faulty gear. All we can do is assume things because we do not have the car hooked up to a scan tool to truly diagnose the vehicle.
Yes, I read your original post, and also read this post:

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Have already stated this but no feed back as of yet. FYI I work for Toyota and know that code is related to VVTI. I bet he has super thick oil and a horrible tune and maybe even running the wrong gas.

And again, the service manual recommends thicker oil for track use which is what the OP is doing and its not "super thick"... Then, specifically on the post I quoted you on you said:

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No I just get trained on it from corporate. And as I stated people can say what they want and do what they won't to their cars but I still think 5w30 is too heavy for this car I wouldnt go higher then 5w20 but that's me. Personally I will stay with 0w20 and run a better quality oil like eneos sustina.
So going back to my post where I quoted you, I asked (genuinely) if you knew something different than what we knew because of your "we get trained on this stuff and 5w30 is too thick".



If there are enough debris in the oil to clog up the screen mesh, it doesn't matter if the oil is 0w-20 or 10w-40 the debris will be an issue.

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