Steve in Chester

As Peter says, turn the engine run switch off when it’s pointing straight down. You don’t actually have to have the engine running to do it though, you might flatten the battery if you start the engine to many times. Just press the start button twice without touching the brake pedal, operate rear wiper, press start button when wiper points downwards.

Does anyone have a service interval for the transmission fluid?

I have got servicing parts directly from my local dealership before without any problems. They’re probably not the cheapest, but they always have them.

The manual states 6.1 L with a filter change, but there will always be some oil left in the engine even after you’ve drained it. I only got 5 L in.

I can’t remember off the top of my head, but when I did mine, I bought 6 litres of oil, so it must’ve specified more than 5 litres in the manual. But when I went to refill the oil it only took the 5 litres and it was slightly over the full line. Did you replace the filter? Have you run the engine to circulate the new oil round the engine and check again?

Just out of interest, have you had the battery off recently?

I just went to the local Toyota dealer.

The manual mine came with recommends 5W-20 for the 2GR-FE (3.5 litre), or, 0W-20 for the 2AZ-FE (2.4 litre).

Did you get to the bottom of this?

Can you turn the engine over with a socket on the crank shaft pulley, take the spark plugs out first though or you’ll be fighting the compression. If not then I’m wondering if the oil pump has failed. If so, it might have damaged the engine. There could be all kinds of damage. My sister ran her car dry of oil and it was ruined. You could try draining the oil and changing the filter, check oil for metallic particles, you could also take the sump off and check for signs of over heating and wear.

Normally, the clicking starter can mean low battery voltage too, have you had it charged. Is it a normal petrol engine or a hybrid?

Do I understand correctly, the oil level is showing as being correct on the dipstick, but the oil warning light came on under acceleration? Was the engine temperature ok when this happened?

Glad it’s MOT’ed now. There are some diagrams on this site but they’re a bit complicated if you’re not technically minded.

Did you get to the bottom of this? There is a fuse box in the footwells on the drivers side and the passengers side.