Do all vvt-i engines burn oil

[minorinjuriess]

Hello,

Am after a bit of advise;am basically looking at buying a Toyota corolla verso 2008 petrol but i keep reading the vvt-i engine burn oil,is that true.

cheers

[Heidfirst]

Hi & welcome to the forum.

The major oil-burning issue is supposed to have been fixed in production ~ mid-2005 iirc so a 2008 should be fine. Bear in mind that it may still use some oil but that is perfectly normal.

[Devon Aygo]

Moved to Verso section ( From Verso-S ) 

[Stonedofmoo]

Can't speak for anything other than my own MY09 1.8 Verso, but that hasn't used a drop in 6000 miles of driving.

[RytisJ]

 Hi Friends, Verso 1.8 / 105kW petrol motor. How 168000 kilometers on odometer. Oil burning I having 1 liters per 3500 kilometers (2174 miles).

[Hybrid21]

11 hours ago, RytisJ said:

 Hi Friends, Verso 1.8 / 105kW petrol motor. How 168000 kilometers on odometer. Oil burning I having 1 liters per 3500 kilometers (2174 miles).

That's quite a lot of oil, sure there's no leaks RytisJ ?

[RytisJ]

Hi Lain. Thanks, in responding. I am not finding any sign of leak. Toyota service (where I used to change oil) also are concluding that there is no leak from engine. The problem is internal. My fault not checking oil level. On the other hand the reminders I was getting already 3 years (each time after oil change) in Toyota service. Internal problem have been developing up to "VSC check" indication, and up to power loss when trying accelerate impulsively. Now I accelerate smoothly, so engine not choke. (here is hard to choose right wording according to motorist language).

[Hornet3D]

As with all engines much depends on how the car has been looked after.  Have a look at the post from Tony HSD titled  'Very interesting video about engine oil and the latest Rav4 2.5 dynamic force engine'