Passo Overheating!

yasiralishoro (yasiralishoro) 2021-05-26 17:45:16 +0500 #1

I recently bought toyota passo 2009-12 with 103k km on odo. 2 days back, my ac tripped while driving but i didn't see any overheating indicator so i thought it was nothing serious. Yesterday same thing happened but this time, overheating indicator appeared. I slowly parked the car and after 15-20 minutes, drove it slowly to my mechanic. The issue was that radiator fan had stopped working. I had it fixed by an electrician, once the fix was made, he revved the car high for 30-40 seconds during which i saw blue smoke coming out of the exhaust. I recently moved from 5w30 to 0w20 just to put that in context. I immediately went back to my mechanic to check the oil levels, and to my surprise, it was on minimum level. I asked him to drain it out and put back 5w30. Once done, i still saw blue smoke on high rpm. mechanic said, it might go away with time since overheating might have caused some oil to burn. I dont feel any difference in sound or the performance of the car. Should i be worried? any precautionary measures i should take? the engine is 1kr fe and the whole car is stock.

syednayl (Syed Nayl) 2021-05-26 19:08:13 +0500 #2

Just check if the Oil's becoming sort of whitish in a few days driving, if it is your head gaskets gone and you'll have to get that replaced and probably a lot of other stuff if the engines a bad state. Also monitor your coolant levels and check for any leaks. Hopefully it's nothing. Blue smoke out of the exhaust is concerning regardless and 1KRFE's are notoriously fragile.

vickytulla (vickytulla) 2021-05-26 23:59:26 +0500 #3

as syed said... these 1kRFE type are very fragile on abuse.. they can last 200,000 km easy or even more if not abused beyond there limits .. mine is just completing its 200,000 soon, all i do is oil and filter stuff since years now,... but when ever I went to mechnic I see one or two dead 1kRFE being swapped in wither vitz or a passo..

these japanses imports can not take abuse we do with local rollas and zukis... which are high on maintaince but cheap on pockets..
These would last longer with next to none miantainance only if not abused like we pakis are habitual of.. so if u just bough it and if u start using it like a gentleman it might last long... this might be after efects of prev owner abuse.

when i bough my boon (diahatsu variant of passo) it was giving a 11km/L average but oevr the time it has climbed to 19~17km/L and as I said it is about to complete second hundered thousand round just becuase I take premptive care and measures..

syednayl (Syed Nayl) 2021-05-27 00:15:47 +0500 #4

Exactly, but may I ask how are you getting 17-19 out of your passo? I have a passo that I drive short distances and I get 11 maximum with ac and it's a 2010 model. I maintain on time, the only thing I can think of is the direct fan, which is obviously stupid but I just haven't had the time to the thermostat put back in. Do you do a lot of highway driving or driving on roads like Shahra e Faisal or Ring Road for that matter cause that average is amazing mA. Afaik in KHI passos and vitzes touch 12-14 barely, and I've owned 2 passos the first gen and the second gen.

jbtw everything else is fine I put in 10w30 and I do have a cat in the car and it's clean.

syednayl (Syed Nayl) 2021-05-27 00:16:13 +0500 #5

Asking so that I can get my passo on that average asap.

vickytulla (vickytulla) 2021-05-27 16:45:58 +0500 #6

I would not lie or mislead you but I did nothing... I also wonder why the previous owner it was ~11.6km/L and when it came to me I did a detailed examination, changed every single lube... a couple times got HiOctane mixed..

One thing which I did right after recieving was

1 - Resolved O2 Sensor Issue (it had error) it took lot of research to resolve it
2 - Complete throtle body was refreshed and serviced
3 - installed new battery

the car was reseted due to battery removal and after that the average cllimbed to 16km/L then slowly it made it to 19KM/L on meter while on practical calculations I have mapped it does 16~17km/L in reality even though meter shows 19km/L

one of my old pakwheeler friend @dr.omair is using passo too and he is getting 19km/L while showing 21km/L on meter his passo is relatively less on total miles and the fact he is soft on throtle he gets more mileage then me.

syednayl (Syed Nayl) 2021-05-28 20:04:11 +0500 #7

Odd, I dont have any CE's etc. and drive with a light foot yet don't get that average.

vickytulla (vickytulla) 2021-05-30 02:53:31 +0500 #8

try going thru the steps which I followed see if there is any thing which is faulty in these lines.. may be that can help