Update. Mileage is now 9,800 on my new 2015 4 cyl Camry. As many of you know, I complained about oil usage to the Dealership when the engine had 3,000 miles on it. Since the last oil change at 4,700 miles it has used 3.1 quarts. It used oil at the rate of 2,800 miles per quart, then 1,375 miles per quart in the mountains, and 1,550 miles per quart at the end of that oil change.
Delayed by a few days, the Toyota Dealership did a compression check this morning. All cylinders had good compression and the numbers were in a tight range. The spark plug pulled from cylinder 4 was gummed up with oil. The service manager said that cylinder had an oil ring problem. He took pictures, collected the info, and would be talking to the Toyota Rep to decide what to do. He said this was also the reason my gas mileage had not been as good as expected; cylinder 4 was not producing the power it should.
The service manager said the engine would be fixed. He promised the dealership would make it right. He said he would call me in a couple of days, send a car over for me to drive, pick up my Camry, take it back and fix it.
He said he had seen these types of problems, but never before in a brand new engine.
Anna and I are thrilled to have the problem found and a fix in site.
Would someone explain to me how a cylinder has good compression and leaks oil?
