I thought the Mirage was a tow vehicle? I'll use any excuse to re-post this picture...
Story here for anyone who hasn't seen this pic before.
I thought the Mirage was a tow vehicle? I'll use any excuse to re-post this picture...
Story here for anyone who hasn't seen this pic before.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 52.2 mpg (US) ... 22.2 km/L ... 4.5 L/100 km ... 62.6 mpg (Imp)
Hahahaha that's awesome!
Still no updates on the black Mirage. Been too busy and too nasty outside to touch it. I should go start it again here soon and see if it starts up properly.
-Karl B. 2015 Mirage DE CVT Utility Machine (and lots of other cars)
Actually, wasn't too bad out tonight so here's an update. Changed the nasty oil, engine still ticks some. What the heck is that? It almost reminds me of a lifter tick or piston slap... and I know that cold start garbage caused the engines to get piston slap on these earlier cars but the damn car is less than a month out of the engine replacement program... dammit!
-Karl B. 2015 Mirage DE CVT Utility Machine (and lots of other cars)
I think you are way overreacting about the old oil. 123,227 - 116,000 = 7,227 miles
Lots of Mirage owners are doing 7,500 mile oil changes. Several companies are recommending 10,000 mile oil changes these days.
Examples:
"Synthetic oil usually should be changed every 7,500 - 10,000 miles. Toyota recommends getting your 2020 Toyota Highlander oil & filter changed every 3,000-5,000 miles for conventional oil."
"Synthetic oil usually should be replaced every 7,500 - 10,000 miles. Ford recommends getting your 2020 Ford EcoSport oil & filter replaced every 3,000-5,000 miles for conventional oil."
Lot of Ford dealers use the Motocraft 5W-30 Synthetic Blend oil, too.
I did 3,000 mile conventional oil changes for decades. I switched to 5,000 mile synthetic oil changes when I bought my used 2011 Forester in 2013.
I have zero experience with real dirty oil. Pryme mentioned using Sea Foam. I've sort of researched that with mixed reviews. Maybe Pryme has some personal experience he can share using it? I did find some other suggestions -
https://askinglot.com/does-seafoam-help-noisy-lifters
One of them may be worth a try!
Given the mileage on that oil, the car may not have been neglected after all!
116,000 is when it was due again. So 7227+5000 = 12,227 on what was 5w20 conventional oil. That's way too many miles for garbage cheap dino juice. It also reeked of gasoline.
Also, if you see my first video, the air filter was nasty, the plugs were never changed, the car's absolutely disgusting inside... definitely neglected in many ways. At least it's had the trans fluid changed a few times in it's life hahaha.
-Karl B. 2015 Mirage DE CVT Utility Machine (and lots of other cars)
I read putting in higher quality spark plugs vs what came in the Mirage can sometimes cause piston slap?
It's possible? I went with the same plugs that came stock. It made sad noises before and after new plugs BUT it ran a thousand times better. The old plugs were pretty rank and fouled out... the car was super weak. Might be why the dude thought the trans was bad because it would have to rev up all the time to make use of the little power the car had hahaha.
-Karl B. 2015 Mirage DE CVT Utility Machine (and lots of other cars)