Oil burning... BAD!!! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

CamryRacer · 09-12-2005, 12:01 AM

My 1994 V6 decided that it likes to burn oil. I know that is bad and it needs to stop ASAP, but how exactly would I go about getting it to stop

If someone could please help me it would be much appreciated.

Tommy · 09-12-2005, 12:02 AM

how much and how fast are we talkin here?

there isnt a quick fix to stop a car from buring oil.

***RningOnFumes*** · 09-12-2005, 12:06 AM

you didn't just recently switch from dino to synthetic?

CamryRacer · 09-12-2005, 12:07 AM

crap... well it isnt too much.. i have the full senthetic 7500 mile stuff in there and it has been about 2500 niles and it has lost about 1-1.5qt.

CamryRacer · 09-12-2005, 12:08 AM

yea i did.... is that why?

HoboJoe · 09-12-2005, 12:17 AM

I was gonna use synthetic til' my mechanic said it would probably leak since everything is old.

CamryRacer · 09-12-2005, 12:21 AM

i was told that it would work fine as long as i got as much of the old oil out as i could but my car burnt oil before too.... just not as much as it is now

***RningOnFumes*** · 09-12-2005, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by CamryRacer

i was told that it would work fine as long as i got as much of the old oil out as i could but my car burnt oil before too.... just not as much as it is now

wait, you're saying it did it before the switch? arrgh..lol

you should have got that check...bad gasket?

mixing dino and syn shouldn't be a big problem

the thing about syn is that in older engines where the seals may be more worn, it can leak through....it didnt' cause the leak.

here's more homework for you:

bobistheoilguy.com

carbible.com

and search TN for the topic, there was a lot of discussion on this subject.

and by the way, i'm on Mobile 1 full syn the 15 k one. 109k so far from 107 at switch to full syn...no problems as of yet (knock on wood)

CamryRacer · 09-12-2005, 12:59 AM

should i just flush out my oil and go back to dino?? Or is there a way that i could get this to work?? like using some restore or something like it??

Brujo · 09-12-2005, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CamryRacer

should i just flush out my oil and go back to dino??

Magic 8 Ball says:

Yes.

At least for a temp. fix. You have to find where it's leaking/burning and fix that as well. Older cars leak/burn for a number of different reasons. More or less same example with flushing old trannys. If it ain't completely broke, don't fix it.