# 2007 Toyota Prius has heavy soot in the tailpipe

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-prius-has-heavy-soot-in-the-tailpipe/158586>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** prius, toyota\
**Created:** [February 16, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-prius-has-heavy-soot-in-the-tailpipe/158586 "2020-02-16T00:14:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Clark25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Clark25](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clark25)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-prius-has-heavy-soot-in-the-tailpipe/158586/1 "2020-02-16T00:14:27Z")

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Heavy coating of jet black soot in tailpipe.

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**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-prius-has-heavy-soot-in-the-tailpipe/158586/2 "2020-02-16T13:36:57Z")

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Its probably burning oil at an alarming rate.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-prius-has-heavy-soot-in-the-tailpipe/158586/3 "2020-02-16T15:26:17Z")

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How many miles? Is this a new problem? How often do you add oil?