I read the comments on excessive oil consumption for a 2001 Toyota corolla. They were very good! I did a leak test using 15psi and could hear nothing! I went from cylinder to cylinder (NOT at TDC.). Again Not a whisper. The diagnosis I get from other blogs is that the piston rings are clogged up (oil hole’s on OEM to small) and that I need to do a rebuild! Crumb!!! The darn engine is running just fine other than the outrageous oil consumption! Any hope out there other than rebuild?
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can you tell me the following rpms at the following speeds:
50 mph - mine is 1800
70 mph - mine is 2200
just want to see if you got a diff version of the engine. The oil leaking engines had higher rpm than the revised later versions.
The next time the oil/filter get changed, dump a can of Seafoam into the oil. The stoddered solvent in the Seafoam may free up the oil control rings if they’re coked up and stuck.
Tester
@xaml: The RPM at whatever speed is set by the gear ratio of the gear you’re in, the final drive gear ratio, and (to a small extent) tire size. I don’t think you can use the engine RPM to determine what “version” of the engine you have, though admittedly if an engine is running at a higher RPM at cruising speed, due to any of the above factors, it will generally use more oil if it’s prone to using oil.
I would do a soak with 75% mineral spirits and 25% lacquer thinner.
Turn the crank to midway between TDC and BDC.
Remove the plugs and pour in some of the solvent.
Rock the crank back and forth & add more solvent every 10 minutes or so for a couple hours.
Disable the fuel and ignition; crank the engine to force any remaining solvent out the spark plug holes.
Squirt a little oil into the plug holes to re-lube the cylinders; crank a little more.
Put things back together and change the oil.