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On The Oil Usage Issue


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Just to give my take on the issue ....

Having viewed all the posts I've been keeping an eye on things as mine is supposedly a venerable model

2002 1.8 VVTI Before my last oil change it was using 1 litre of oil per 2500 miles . I got the garage to put a 10/40 semi syn. ( Mobil ) in on the change and checking recently have only used 1/2 litre in 2000 miles .... only half as much as before ! The car has 87 000 miles on the clock . Given that the VVTI engine uses a bit more oil than most I find this quite acceptable :-) So guys worth a try eh .... might work for some .

It would be interesting to get some sort of average in the group for oil consumption relative to mileage on clock etc. especially as handbook states max of 1 litre per 1000 km !!

I do however get the oil changed regularly at 8000 miles.

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My 1.4 vvti corolla started to burn oil at 25k around 1-2 litres per 1000 miles by 50k it was using upto 4-5 litres of oil per 1000 -1500 miles. That was a y plate 2001 model. That was using magntec 10-w40 oil. The engine was replaced at the 50k service. Its ok toyota saying that 1000 miles per litre is the norm but for a engine to be changed it needs to burn a litre per 600 miles.

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2002 Avensis 1.8 vvti 20k miles. Zero oil consumption using Chevron 0/40 fully synthetic. Fingers and everything else well and truly crossed!

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