Originally Posted By: satinsilver
Originally Posted By: KrisZ
If he trades his cars every five years why are you worried about this? Just follow whatever schedule Toyota recommends and the car should be fine, even if it burns a bit of oil.
Good question. I was considering purchasing the car down the road. Just a possibility. On the previous 07 Camry I remember thinking I probably don't need to check the oil level since my dad would take that car in for oil changes every 5k. But when I first checked the oil level it was a full quart low. I remember at the time the car had 40k miles on it. The previous Camry to that was an 01 and would let out a puff of smoke on start up.
The 01,07, and 2012 are all different designs. The 01 puff was valve seals. The 07-09 I4's had a TSB for a known piston design issue causing oil consumption http://www.rav4world.com/tsb/2011/T-SB-0094-11.pdf . Its too early to tell if the new 2.5l I4 design our dads have will experience consumption issues. 1/2 qt at 6k is not necessarily bad, but because of Toyota's history of oil burning its troubling and a potential disaster for the people that don't check oil but will go the 10k.
Originally Posted By: KrisZ
If he trades his cars every five years why are you worried about this? Just follow whatever schedule Toyota recommends and the car should be fine, even if it burns a bit of oil.
Good question. I was considering purchasing the car down the road. Just a possibility. On the previous 07 Camry I remember thinking I probably don't need to check the oil level since my dad would take that car in for oil changes every 5k. But when I first checked the oil level it was a full quart low. I remember at the time the car had 40k miles on it. The previous Camry to that was an 01 and would let out a puff of smoke on start up.
The 01,07, and 2012 are all different designs. The 01 puff was valve seals. The 07-09 I4's had a TSB for a known piston design issue causing oil consumption http://www.rav4world.com/tsb/2011/T-SB-0094-11.pdf . Its too early to tell if the new 2.5l I4 design our dads have will experience consumption issues. 1/2 qt at 6k is not necessarily bad, but because of Toyota's history of oil burning its troubling and a potential disaster for the people that don't check oil but will go the 10k.