Toyota Camry oil usage

I have a Toyota Camry 2003 with a 2.2 litre motor. The rings are brand new but the car uses a pint of oil per 400 kms. Drops of oil appear in a streak all along the length of the right hand side of the car. The car uses much less oil if I keep my travel speed below 110kms/hr. The current engine was recently replaced, which involved using part of the old engine. My specialist mechanic who also rebuilt the engine cannot find the source of the leak after many attempts, so the leak is not in any obvious place. Any ideas welcome.

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j.ebden
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Try flourescent dye. your "specialist" might have screwed up. Id go somewhere else to diagnose the leak then you will know if your "specialist" is responsible to fix it at his cost. Are the plugs burning cleanly.

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ransley

Why were the rings replaced on a cor so new? sounds like you need a new specialist. A pint of oil in 400km is a fair amount of oil. You would think a real mechanic would be able to see that. Scott

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Reply to
zonie

In my experience with older cars, this has usually been a sign of either a marginal main crankshaft seal or a plugged oil venting system. Both throw out oil when the engine is run at sustained higher speeds.

Reply to
mjc1

By the time a car needs rings it probably needs 1000$ more worth of engine work.

Reply to
ransley

Use UV dye as mentioned and a black light to shine on the problem. That's pretty bad oil leak there, 1 pint /400 KM.

Reply to
johngdole

Thanks to everyone who responded to the Camry oil leak post. Your ideas are much appreciated. I will post news and updates to this group, but said ideas will take at least 10 days to 2 weeks to be tried out, since the car is in a smallish town while the relevant workshops are an hour and a half=92s drive away, so I have to arrange time off work to take the car to the workshops.

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j.ebden

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