02 corolla oil consumption

[hinesc]

Hi. Does anyone else have any problem with oil consumption? I have an 02 Corolla CE with 96000km. It has started to use about a quart and a half of oil between oil changes.(8000KM) Toyota tells me this is normal. They consider 1 quart per 1500KM to be acceptable. This just floors me. This is a small 4 cylinder not a V8. At that rate I would never have to change my oil.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

[motor49]

Originally Posted by hinesc

Hi. Does anyone else have any problem with oil consumption? I have an 02 Corolla CE with 96000km. It has started to use about a quart and a half of oil between oil changes.(8000KM) Toyota tells me this is normal. They consider 1 quart per 1500KM to be acceptable. This just floors me. This is a small 4 cylinder not a V8. At that rate I would never have to change my oil.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

Chris, I purchased an 02 CE on 31 Dec. It has the 3 speed auto with no OD. It used a little more than a quart between my first and second oil change. I'm thinking that without that 4th gear it runs at a slightly higher RPM and that might cause it to use oil. I'm only 50 miles into my 2nd oil change, but will get back with you after watching it.

Randy

[hinesc]

Randy, That sounds like mine. Mine seems to do it mostly when I am highway driving for longer trips 400 to 500KM. When I go back and forth to work which is 25K one way, it doesn't use that much. How many km's do you have?
Chris

[motor49]

Originally Posted by hinesc

Randy, That sounds like mine. Mine seems to do it mostly when I am highway driving for longer trips 400 to 500KM. When I go back and forth to work which is 25K one way, it doesn't use that much. How many km's do you have?
Chris

Chris, i'm going with miles here, but i'll be the first to admit I need to learn to covert miles to KM. I have 65,000 miles on mine. I drive 70 miles round trip to work and back. I've been getting an average of 32 mpg on gas.

Randy

[eddy s]

I don't know if this is applicable, but I have a 97 corolla with about 115,000 miles on it that I determined to have an oil leak at valve cover gasket. When I went to take off the valve cover, I discovered that the 4 bolts that hold the valve cover on were so loose that I was able to take off all 4 by hand.

I think what happened was this: Beneath the 4 valve cover bolts was a rubber grommet with a metal washer. I guess over the years, the rubber deteriorated and contracted in thickness. This allowed the bolts to become loose and subsequently, the valve cover became loose. For 4 bucks, I bought 4 new grommet/washer combos from Toyota, and retightened the bolts. This has stopped the oil leak. Not a bad deal! Good luck.

Eddy