You are here: Forums Sedans Toyota Avalon Toyota Avalon Basic Maintenance Questions

Toyota Avalon Basic Maintenance Questions

290 messages,  Last post on Jun 16, 2009 at 8:51 AM

You are in the Toyota Avalon Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens

What is this discussion about? Toyota Avalon, Oil, Sedan

Messages Page 18 of 29 1 ... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ... 29 Prev Next Last

Go To Msg # Search This Discussion

#170 of 290 Re: '06 Oil Change Volume [mem4] by avalong06 Apr 16, 2006 (6:29 pm)
Replying to: mem4 (Nov 21, 2005 4:22 am) hello, I just bought my avalon and went to a toyota dealer and bought oil and filter kit for my 06 xls and they sold me 5 qts of oil and filter so now it sounds like i should have bought 6.5 qts? when i got done changing my oil it was about half way between the marks? I would have thought a toyota dealer would have known how much oil goes in to the manuf. spcs and I even ask if 5 qts was correct and he said yes?? Replies to this message: captain2 (May 04, 2006 12:23 pm)
#171 of 290 Re: '06 Oil Change Volume [avalong06] by captain2 May 04, 2006 (12:23 pm)
Replying to: avalong06 (Apr 16, 2006 6:29 pm) and when I bought my early '05, they even sold me the typical spin-on filter that fit the '04. And to this day, I'm still not sure they know about the 6+ quarts, there may be a whole bunch of current model Avs out there with note enough oil because even the 3rd party folks don't know. But, have done it myself now thru 8 changes (synthetic, of course) and it is not really anymore difficult than changing on my wife's Altima 3.5.
#172 of 290 2006 Avalon Limited by mthomas1 Feb 18, 2006 (11:13 am)
My Avalon has 8,500 miles. I was getting 31 MPG on interstate driving-now only 22 to 24 MPG. In town MPG also has dropped. Also am experiencing hesitation & Occasionally smell Cat. converter. Toyota service tells me there is recall on the c. converter and is going to replace it. But they say my gas milage is not affected by the catalitic converter and don't have answer for problem. Another problem I'm having is a bumping feeling in the steering when I turn left. Would like some imput before I take it back to service on Monday. Thanks, mt in Arkansas Replies to this message: champion3 (Feb 18, 2006 1:40 pm) user777 (Feb 18, 2006 3:48 pm) wkobus (Feb 19, 2006 8:30 am) scoti1 (Feb 21, 2006 8:16 pm)
#173 of 290 Re: 2006 Avalon Limited [mthomas1] by champion3 Feb 18, 2006 (1:40 pm)
Replying to: mthomas1 (Feb 18, 2006 11:13 am) My 06 avalon also has the smell its bad when you get down on it. Glad to know their is a recall for it. Its really bad with the sun roof open. I feel bad for the people behind me its got to be bad.
#174 of 290 Re: 2006 Avalon Limited [mthomas1] by user777 Feb 18, 2006 (3:48 pm)
Replying to: mthomas1 (Feb 18, 2006 11:13 am) ask the tech if they have any diagnostic to determine if an injector is sticking or your MAF sensor miscalibrated and calling for a rich setting or for some other reason you are running rich.   haven't driven through a significantly dusty area (dirt roads) and clogged the engine air filter?   i think a CAT can go bad because it is overwhelmed by an engine runnning abnormally rich.
#175 of 290 Re: 2006 Avalon Limited [mthomas1] by wkobus Feb 19, 2006 (8:30 am)
Replying to: mthomas1 (Feb 18, 2006 11:13 am) Had the same problem with my 2005, 10 K. Took it to Toyota and they replace the lower steering. They stated that they had an advisory on this problem.
#176 of 290 Re: 2006 Avalon Limited [mthomas1] by scoti1 Feb 21, 2006 (8:16 pm)
Replying to: mthomas1 (Feb 18, 2006 11:13 am) I am assuming that your cat. converter problem is with the hydrogen sulfide/rotten egg smell. I would think that Toyota would be putting the new catalytic converters in the 2006's and you wouldn't have to deal with a recall. This has been a problem for a number of years and the TSB has been out for the new cat. converter for well over a year now. But take them up on the recall. It corrected my rotten egg smell.   Regarding the hesitation problem, I would direct you to the Toyota/Lexus Transaxle Shift Delay forum but it was closed today to a Read Only along with the Engine Hesitation forum, which also discussed this problem in Toyota/Lexus. You may want to read through them to see if there is any advice you could use. There is also a TSB for the hesitation problem, but I don't know if it has been issued yet for the 2006 Avalon's. Ask your dealer. It has helped some people, but not all. Some have actually had it get worse, so you may want to decide how bad it is before you get the TSB done. Some have seen some improvement to the hesitation problem by switching to premium gas, which is also something Toyota said could help with the rotten egg smell from the bad cat. converter and it also could help your gas mileage. So if you aren't yet, give the premium fuel a try.
#177 of 290 Maintenance Reset by aqwplymouth Feb 09, 2006 (4:54 pm)
I have 4700 miles and was informed by the dealer that the maintenance light will come on at 5000 miles. He said the dealer has to reset the idiot light. Does anyone know how to reset this at home? Thanks Replies to this message: disco340 (Feb 09, 2006 5:03 pm) aqwplymouth (Feb 09, 2006 5:51 pm) alan_s (Feb 09, 2006 6:37 pm) aqwplymouth (Feb 09, 2006 9:26 pm)
#178 of 290 Re: Maintenance Reset [aqwplymouth] by disco340 Feb 09, 2006 (5:03 pm)
Replying to: aqwplymouth (Feb 09, 2006 4:54 pm) What year is your car? Replies to this message: aqwplymouth (Feb 09, 2006 5:51 pm)
#179 of 290 Re: Maintenance Reset [disco340] by aqwplymouth Feb 09, 2006 (5:51 pm)
Replying to: disco340 (Feb 09, 2006 5:03 pm) Oops. 2006 Avalon Touring. I stopped by for my 'free oil change' and the wait was two hours. I suppose the whole reset story was to get me back versus going to a quick lube. Thanks for any help.

Messages Page 18 of 29 1 ... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ... 29 Prev Next Last

Go To Msg # Search This Discussion

You are here: Forums Sedans Toyota Avalon Toyota Avalon Basic Maintenance Questions