This is a 4-cylinder model year 2005 Camry?
If so . . . yes, the 4-cylinder engines for that generation Camry 2002 - 2006 were known to be more problematic, versus the available V6 Camry engines
In all honesty, I would start saving for a newer vehicle
My old 2002 Camry consumed 1qt. every 500 miles. I just kept it topped off, gave the away at 280k still ran great.
You’re lucky
Not all were
Lol. I got caught in a flash flood and it destroyed the original engine.
Yeah hydrolocking an engine will do that… lol
You can get 90w gear oil.
I don’t think Greyhound does this anymore…but for years they’d never change the oil on their busses. They’d just add and change filter regularly.
They also used to “re-groove” their bald tires–until the number of accidents from skids and blowouts was so large that they finally figured out it was cheaper to buy new tires.
New tires or retreads?
Yeah, considering that it was Greyhound, they were probably retreads.
Do you know if their tires were designed and made with extra thick rubber under the tread pattern to permit re-grooving?
According to the news articles at the time (1970s), they were “regular” tires that could not be safely re-grooved.
Regroovable tires have an extra thick body that allow new treads to be cut after the original treads wear thin.
