Exactly this. I can’t be bothered to worry about other’s unfounded fears, that are based on theoretical damage scenarios, that have never been proven.
I had a 3rd gen Prius. Engine pumped coolant into the oil and it seized at 185k miles. The car was worth $5k, and a rebuilt engine would be $2k, and Peddle.com offered me $3500 for scrap, so I sent it to the scrap yard and bought a new one without tearing down the old engine to see what failed. I didn’t know that head gaskets were an issue on 3rd gen Priuses, but now I’m pretty sure mine was a head gasket failure as well.
Hybrid starts and runs under 1000 RPM? - not at all never, except for the entire time it's going from 0 to 1250 or higher RPM, and it's under 1000 RPM in the less than 3 seconds I posted above.
That has nothing to do with when the ICE runs - has to do with changing the responsiveness of the Go pedal and brake pedal and coasting regen rate.
L - ever looked in the center of your shifter dial?
Exactly!
For all the pearl clutching over the auto start/stop feature of modern vehicles of all and the worry that it's going to cause excessive wear, I remind folks that hybrids start and stop MANY times more without incident. People seem not to realize that modern engines are DESIGNED for this. And they run without incident for a looooong time. The only engines that have excess wear issues are those that are notorious for being designed poorly. And even then. It's not because of frequent starts.
Exactly! If hybrids required oil specifically made for hybrids, the manufacturer would say so.
Pretend you never saw this posting.Just drive. Don't try to make the needle do anything. Don't stress or change driving habits over a non problem.
He needs to forget that he ever saw this series of posts and just drive as he's always driven . All he's doing now is worrying over a non existent problem and "solve" it by now driving in a way than burns more fuel
. I wish my driving habits allowed me to get minimum gas engine operation and maximum efficiency. I wouldn't care how long it took for the temp to rise as long as everything works and there's no check engine light. People need to relax and let the car do what it does
"require" and "benefit from" are not the same thing.
My opinion: the benefit is probably theoretical just like the problem is theoretical since there's no present problem happening. The real benefit is to their profits. Again it's my opinion. And my opinion is probably worth as much as you paid for it
Which major companies make hybrid specific motor oil?
If I see some hybrid specific oil, I'll buy it if the price is equal to or less than the factory recommended oil . Otherwise, it'll stay on the shelf.
