G'day,
So my diesel Prado gets exactly what it shouldn't and I'd like to know what I can do to mitigate this as best I can.
The car is my wife's daily driver so every morning it gets started up... Driven 3 minutes to school... turned off for 20 mins..... turned on again and either 3 minutes home or 5 minutes to the shop. Then it's the same at the end of the day. Every other day it might get a 15 minute run during the day. A couple of times a month it gets a run up the freeway or a weekend of 4wding. Usually does a big trip once a year.
I know that the best solution would be if the my wife walked the kids to school... I've tried it ain't happening.
Just checked my oil (done 75k) it gets serviced every 10k. I reckon the oil looks black. After looking on here I am going to get an oil and filter change and then every 5k between services. Probable Castrol magnatec or Castrol Edge 5w 40.
Question is, is there something else I can do in regards to maintenance, additive or mod to help mitigate against the short drive abuse.
I look forward to seeing the advice and expertise that follows.
Cheers in advance
So my diesel Prado gets exactly what it shouldn't and I'd like to know what I can do to mitigate this as best I can.
The car is my wife's daily driver so every morning it gets started up... Driven 3 minutes to school... turned off for 20 mins..... turned on again and either 3 minutes home or 5 minutes to the shop. Then it's the same at the end of the day. Every other day it might get a 15 minute run during the day. A couple of times a month it gets a run up the freeway or a weekend of 4wding. Usually does a big trip once a year.
I know that the best solution would be if the my wife walked the kids to school... I've tried it ain't happening.
Just checked my oil (done 75k) it gets serviced every 10k. I reckon the oil looks black. After looking on here I am going to get an oil and filter change and then every 5k between services. Probable Castrol magnatec or Castrol Edge 5w 40.
Question is, is there something else I can do in regards to maintenance, additive or mod to help mitigate against the short drive abuse.
I look forward to seeing the advice and expertise that follows.
Cheers in advance
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