1ZZ../2ZZ../etc engines are notorious for oil consumption caused by piston rings frozen with carbon deposits. The oil loss is worsens with time. This video d…
1ZZFE Oil Consumption Fix How-To 8th Gen VVTi Corolla +similar
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What is the reason for drilling a 3rd hole on the pistons?
Randomly came across this video, thought it was just some toyota quickie
fix without looking at the duration, instead I see a complete engine
rebuild video.
This kind of footage is so hard to get. You are an amazing videographer.
I don’t watch TV, I just watch DIY youtube videos like this one, so
valuable! Thank you for posting this video. May God bless you.
If you are not a train mechanic ….you are one brave chap ….excellent
video a lot of time and effort well done
this is so much easier if you pull the engine out. the work involved to
pull the engine out is worth the work fighting everything in the way
At this point you may as well do a 2ZZ-GE motor swap.
I’m having alot of trouble locating the “head bolt tool”, since I know the
one you purchased worked correctly and was made strong, could you please
post where you got it, thank you for this fabulous video, you’re my hero.
You, sir, are a god
where did you get your repair manual from?
amazing
awesome video.. I liked, favorited, and sub
Great work, detail and video, you should do tutorials for some other makes
and models. next job – clean car ;]
wow. I. watched. the. whole. video.
I think I’ll just pull my motor and and let a machine shop do all the
rest.
i know a good mechanic when i see one,
just one tip though,i use to hit my engine with a vacuum cleaner.now you
might be carefull,on deep holes you create a vacuum.
changes are 50/50 the debri goes in to the hole or the vacuum cleaner.
dont ask me how i know. be good.
please tell me if you fixed the problem with the oil drain problems, i have
a Celica with the same engine( 1ZZ-FE ) and i want if the problem will stop
after i will make the same procedure like you. thks in advance.
I did not realize that the timing was set when you installed it, I thought
you would have to have the car running like back in the days when you would
move the distributor. (Yes, I know its a distrubutorless system). Question,
in retrospect, knowing what you know would you do this project again? Was
all the work, time and money worth the extra 1 quart of oil it burns every
month? I know on the forum Corolla owners debates this issue. How many
hours did it take (minus the video editing) and how much money did you
spend? I currently own a Corolla with about 132K. This project seemed like
a very lengthy one. This is not one of those Saturday evening specials.
Exceptional video.
(y)
Great video – you did a very thorough with explaining everything. I get the
distinct impression that you are not a mechanic by trade, but an engineer.
Are you?
you sir got balls .. very nice job there .. i personaly wouldnt dare doing
that .. but u sir .. u are awsome, and THE most complete guide out there..
also please say clean the mating surface again 😀
The is250 and the gs300 have the same problems. I’ve have rebuilt them with
just 27k miles. It’s kind of sad that someone pays over $40k on a car with
multiple engine issues.
goes to all the trouble but does not remove the suport beam
Very well done video..thank you for sharing! Very difficult project and
adding all the camera work and editing onto that is quite a feat!.
I did notice the OP on toyotanation drilled clean the factory oil holes and
drilled 2 new ones in the piston before cleaning the piston….any
advantage to doing it after cleaning?
Hello! What is consider “norma oil consuption” on this engines?
great video, very detailed and thorough
I need to do this to my car and I’ve read the right up but I’m not seeing
what this is fixing? What is changed compared to factory? I thought this
problem was because of undersized pistons which weren’t changed?
Great video! I had been thinking about making a video to accompany my
thread (
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/131-8th-generation-1998-2002/402362-diy-oil-consumption-fix.html)
but now I don’t have to! Thanks for all the added tips! We’re saving
these great cars one at a time!
Where did you get the service manual
Thanks for the info!! Just curious. How many miles were on your Corolla
when you performed this repair?
TIS Technical Information System, the Toyota support system. (techinfo dot
toyota dot com) I just printed the pages I needed for the repair to PDF
form so I could use my iPad under the car.
I think about 120k.
No, sorry. You can probably just measure the diameter of the bolt and use
that along with the bolt hardness to look up an appropriate torque value.
The yellow links are a nice shortcut to making certain the camshafts are in
the right position relative to the crankshaft when you have access to the
bottom spocket, but they aren’t required. As it turns out, as soon as the
engine is run, the yellow links don’t line up with the timing marks in
general anyway. If you like, you can turn the crank over and over again and
eventually the yellow links will line up with the timing marks. It won’t
stay that way, though!
Hi, congratulations for the work done and many thanks for sharing your
experience on changing the pistons of the engine 1zzfe fitted to other cars
toyota and lotus! I wanted to ask a question … how much oil consumed the
corolla before the operation? 1 kilo of oil on how many kilometers? . . .
How’s the engine after the change? before you make the change you’ve also
checked a possible ovalization of the cylinder liners?? thanks again
Thanks for the info!!
Do you recall the torque value for the drivebelt tensioner piston bolt?
This video has been tremendously helpful during my rebuild.
I have a 2002 Chevrolet Prizm Lsi 4AT. It has 212k miles on it and since i
bought it 4 years ago it drinks oil like crazy. About a quart every 2-3
weeks. I don’t see any oil in the garage floor. I don’t see oil in the
coolant, i don’t see smoke from tailpipe, so basically have no idea where
the oil is going. A repair like this would likely cost more than the car it
worth so i figure I’ll keep toping off the oil and drive it until it dies.
It has been very reliable other than the oil consumption.
Great Video!! Thanks for sharing. I have one question though, I don’t
understand your logic on aligning the timing marks. Why did you set the
yellow marks one tooth off from the timing notches on the gears?