I have a 2007 Toyota Camry with 110,000 miles that is burning oil too fast. A farm mechanic told me I should put thicker oil in it- straight SAE 30. It is a 4 cyl, 2.4 L Automatic. I had a oil and filter change less than 2 months ago, have driven maybe 2,000 miles. The oil is below the first dot. T…

OK4450, with all the respect in the world I have to disagree on this one. A Camry with 110,000 miles that’s using a quart every 3500 is operating well within the limits and probably less than 1 sigma from the mean. It’s perfectly normal IMHO.

Statistics are strange; according to one politician, “they are like a bikini swimsuit; what they reveal is suggestive, but what they hide is vital!”. We just sold our old 1994 Nissan Sentra with over 150,000 m iles on it. This car did not use oil; we never had to add any between changes! If it had …

I like that description. Of course I like anything in a bikini!

Going back and re reading the first post, it might be that the owner might be experiencing his first time that he has had to add oil to this car between oil changes. If so, it could be due to a leak and not burning. Yes, he did say that the oil change guy inspected for leaks and there were none, a…

“Of course I like anything in a bikini!” Been to the beach lately? The obesity rate is high now.

@keith You are right; oil consumption or slow leaks gradually happen as a car ages. Leaks can be so small that an normal inspection misses it. For instance, oil dripping slowly out of the valve covers onto the exhaust and the being burned off athighway speed. In any case, it’s not something to fr…

@circuitsmith There is also a website with “Walmart Fashions” showing the outrageous clothes worn by some customers. Compared to that, I’ll take any beach.

The OP said the oil was below the first dot after only 2k miles since last oil change. Says there’s no leaks…so he’s burning a quart of oil every 2k miles. To me…that’s significant. It could also mean the person who did the oil change didn’t fill it up. One way to cut material costs of an oil chan…

I agree that 1 quart per 3500 miles may be within statistical bounds but to me it denotes a problem; although it could be considered a minor one. If it’s going through a quart per 2000 miles then it becomes a more serious issue. The ones I really disagree with are the car makers who claim that a q…

I wholeheartedly agree that a qt per 1000 miles on a new engine is indicative of a problem. Even my ol’ pickup with 338,000 miles didn;t use that much. But, for the poor folks hat are stuck with high oil-using ne2w cars, they may not have any recourse. As for the OP’s car, he should monitor the lev…

2007 Toyota Camry with 110,000 miles that is burning oil too fast

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the_same_mountainbike February 8, 2013, 6:43pm 44

Db, that has not been my experience. I’m sorry to hear that your experience wasn’t as positive.
It sounds like you’ve had problems with other Toyota engines as well. Are there any that you feel aren’t problematic?

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