# Excessive oil consumption **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** corolla, toyota\ **Created:** [September 23, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472 "2013-09-23T20:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HollyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@HollyCow](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HollyCow)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472/1 "2013-09-23T20:45:19Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472/2 "2013-09-23T20:52:27Z")
Now’s the perfect time for trying some miracle additives. Check out this thread: > **[let's unstick oil rings any tricks? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck...](http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/131-corolla-8th-generation-1998-2002/319586-let-s-unstick-oil-rings-any-tricks.html)** > > Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums ---
**Author:** ![xaml](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@xaml](https://community.cartalk.com/u/xaml)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472/3 "2013-09-23T21:02:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472/4 "2013-09-24T03:16:57Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472/5 "2013-09-24T14:20:45Z")
@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. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/excessive-oil-consumption/81472/6 "2013-09-24T21:58:15Z")
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.