Originally Posted By: CD101
Originally Posted By: Quest
1qt every 200miles, that calls for a complete overhaul.
Only through overhaul would your mech be able to determine what caused the accelerated oil burning issues. All other suggestions are pretty much useless in your case (don't waste time dwelling on piston ring soak).
Q.
BTW: 1qt every 200 miles and you don't see smoke at all.... Your quart of oil either mysteriously "disappeared" or formed a major puddle in your car lot floor. There's no 3rd possibilities in this case.
Well, there are no leaks anywhere. Like I said in an earlier post, Toyota says it's blowing blue smoke... other mechanic couldn't get it to smoke. I've never seen any smoke, and I'm always looking for it.
If you're looking for smoke while driving in your rear view mirror, then good luck, you will not see a thing unless it's a smoke screen, but the guy behind you will see a little puff of smoke when starting from stop lights, and he/she will smell it as well.
Check for smoke in the morning, after the engine sat cold all night, have someone start the car while you watch the exhaust pipe, chances are you will see the smoke, but it will not be much, that's why you can't see it from the driver's seat.
Also, you've got some great suggestions here
, however, don't run out and start trying them out, instead try one suggestion at a time, otherwise you will not know what helped and what did not.