07 Toyota manuals say 1.1qt oil burn/600 miles normal?

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Some owners of 2007 Camrys posted that their manuals say 1.1 qt of oil burn per 600 miles can be considered normal. Is it the case?

If so I would think it's excessive. It used to be that 1 qt per 3000 miles was the "acceptable" rule. Many of the newer Toyota/Lexus 3.5L V6 engines have excessive piston-bore clearances they piston-slap when cold, so I wouldn't be surprised of higher oil burn rates in some of these (I4/V6) engines, but 1.1qt/600 miles???

I guess they don't build them like they used to.

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"My dealer could not tell me for sure the brand of oil to use--and,since it could use up to 1.1 qt/600 miles, thought I ought to have anextra quart along--so is the oil that comes from the factory the sameas the regular 5W 30 that the dealer would use to do an oil change? "

johngdole · Accepted Answer

That's what I thought too. But people (such as one with 27K miles on a

2.4L) are having problems all of a sudden, when prior to that the engine used no oil. So I Goggled a bit and found this 1.1qt/600 miles!!

Ouch.

Mark A · Answer

I usually take my car to a oil change place where I can watch what they are doing. The smaller chains with independent franchise owners are much better than the ones owned by the oil companies.

The fact that I specify Mobil 1 also helps me know exactly what they are doing, since I have only found one place that ever claimed to have it in a large barrel. All the others only have Mobil 1 in 1 qt bottles. I always get nervous when oil is coming out of one of those barrels or tanks (usually overhead), since even though it has a label on it, I don't really know for sure what is in it.

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