2011 Toyota 5.7L Burning oil

[SatinSilver]

Originally Posted By: Crispysea
Have you tried a different brand? Different additives may help. My Ranger was using a quart every 2000 miles or so. I changed the PCV valve, but it didn’t help. I had been using Castrol 5W-20, but tried Idemitsu 0W-20. Now it uses less than half the oil.


That's good, just recently picked up 25 qts. of it to go in the Camry soon. Not all at once though.

 

[SatinSilver]

Originally Posted By: thooks
I'm not changing oil viscosity. Sorry, but I doubt any of you are engine manufacturing engineers nor do you perform testing on them. There are many cases coming out where the non-spec'ed viscosity is causing problems in the newer engines. This ain't 1982.


There's plenty of 5w20 HM oils out there. I noticed some consumption in the Camry, about a qt. over 8.5k miles. Topped off with some Mobil 5w20 HM conventional oil and haven't really noticed any more consumption since then. Well maybe a tiny bit, about an eighth of a quart over 6k miles.

 

[meep]

He probably won't use a HM 20 weight since it will probably be closer to a 5-30 in VI.

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[thooks]

I checked the cam towers on the Sequoia. Passenger side is 100% clear. No leaking. Driver's side, only minor dirt/oil collecting on the front 1/4 of the head. Nothing major, certainly not contributing to a major oil loss.

I'm going to try to get the PCV Valve replaced this weekend.

 

[jj51702]

Lol at this thread. Everyone comes in to give OP advice then OP gets mad at everyone and throws a tantrum cuz it's not what he wants to hear

Change to 0-16w

Lol

 

[Silverado12]

FWIW my wife has a 2017 Jeep Cherokee 2.4 that also takes 0W-20 oil. Her car used 2 quarts in the 6,000 mile interval with NAPA oil (I believe it's still Valvoline) but when I switched to Mobil One 0W-20 it pretty much stopped using oil. It's gone 5,000 miles on this oil change and it's down less than 1/2 quart.

 

[thooks]

Just a minor follow-up-

I am at about 6,000 miles on this run of oil (I think I used M1 High Mileage 0W20). I have been trying to find the time to change it with another round of the same oil.

During the first 3k miles, I had to add 2 quarts to bet it back full- all at once. I checked it about 3k miles into the run and there was barely a touch of oil on the dipstick.

I changed the PCV valve around that time and have driven it 'with passion' at times. This is not a daily driver, it sits in the driveway most of the time. It has taken several 80-120 mile trips to the north Atlanta suburbs, some short (10-20 mile) trips, etc. in the last 3k miles.

As far as I can tell, it has consumed about 1/2 quart in the last 3k miles, most of that was before I could get the PCV valve replaced.

I'm hoping that was the cause. I am going to be very meticulous in checking the oil level and recording the level/mileage during the next oil change.

 

[john_pifer]

You might try the new M1-EP-HM 5W-20 on your next OCI.