I have a foreign friend or 3 and one of them has had a couple Toyota cars and they both burned a lot of oil.
I know certain years Toyota had used some very low tension rings 2002-2011 and up maybe.
Get that average MPG up there.
In the owners manual of one it stated 500 miles and 1 quart of oil used was normal not excessive.
NO WAY!!!
Crap oil burners like this is why zddp was lowered in the oils.
Now onto a possible fix.
I would bet money this friend of mine drives very slow and I know does not drive very far just a few miles to work maybe 4.
I never drove my cars slow especially the smaller powered ones.
Small power ones I stick my foot all the way to the floor to get up to speed just about every time I drive.
This puts much more pressure on the rings and really gets oil slinging everywhere.
Could be why my 382,000 mile 1995 corolla runs so well and does not burn oil excessively just 1/2 a quart every 3000 miles which is what it used at 75,000 miles and it is what the owners manual stated it would use.
I know one guy bought an oil burner Toyota from an old lady and after 6000 miles and 2 oil changes no more big oil consumption.
He said it was a quart every 600 miles when he got it.
Now it was 3/4 quart for 3000 but he drives it hard.
Pennzoil platinum and Ultra platinum were used.
I know certain years Toyota had used some very low tension rings 2002-2011 and up maybe.
Get that average MPG up there.
In the owners manual of one it stated 500 miles and 1 quart of oil used was normal not excessive.
NO WAY!!!
Crap oil burners like this is why zddp was lowered in the oils.
Now onto a possible fix.
I would bet money this friend of mine drives very slow and I know does not drive very far just a few miles to work maybe 4.
I never drove my cars slow especially the smaller powered ones.
Small power ones I stick my foot all the way to the floor to get up to speed just about every time I drive.
This puts much more pressure on the rings and really gets oil slinging everywhere.
Could be why my 382,000 mile 1995 corolla runs so well and does not burn oil excessively just 1/2 a quart every 3000 miles which is what it used at 75,000 miles and it is what the owners manual stated it would use.
I know one guy bought an oil burner Toyota from an old lady and after 6000 miles and 2 oil changes no more big oil consumption.
He said it was a quart every 600 miles when he got it.
Now it was 3/4 quart for 3000 but he drives it hard.
Pennzoil platinum and Ultra platinum were used.