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- From: bakc@giraffe.ru.ac.za (MR KR COMAN)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Toyota Corolla-Oil Burning problem
- Message-ID: <bakc.215.722583944@giraffe.ru.ac.za>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 05:45:44 GMT
- Article-I.D.: giraffe.bakc.215.722583944
- References: <1eohglINNfsp@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
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- In article <1eohglINNfsp@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> rakhee@hume.CS.ORST.EDU (Rakhee Gupta) writes:
- >Subject: Toyota Corolla-Oil Burning problem
- >I have Toyota Carolla 84 with 75K miles on it.
- >The car runs fine but it burns around a quart of oil
- >over a period of 500 miles. Initially I thought
- >there was a oil leak somewhere. I looked around also
- >Later as my friend suggested I opened the spark plugs and found
- >carbon soot on three. One of the plugs had oily deposits
- >over it. All three spark plugs were knew and were replaced
- >only 1Kmiles/2months before.
- >I was planning to drive the car for two more years (i.e. around
- >25K miles) and still have some resale value left .
- >Can I just keep driving the car without correcting the problem ?
- >or I better get find the root of the problem and get it fixed.
-
-
- At that age and mileage it sure sounds like the piston ring diagnosis is
- correct. Additional factors would be worn valve guides/seals which also
- allow oil to enter the cylinders.
-
- The fact that one plug is oiling up and the others are sooty suggests that
- your engine has reached the point where you've gotta consider your options.
- Running the car for another 2 years in its present state might be possible
- but once plugs start oiling up after 1000 miles, the problem's going to get
- worse not better.
-
- There's no obvious hurry, the engine will still run, but over the next 6
- months of so why not investigate the possibility of getting a factory
- reconditioned engine (assuming this system operates where you are)? You
- book the car in with a Toyota workshop and they do the transplant in a day.
- Far more reliable than having the car's engine rebuilt over a couple of
- weeks, plus you get a Toyota warrenty. Cost is also way below what a new
- engine's price works out at.
-
- As I say, take your time and make some enquiries. A factory recon engine
- would also boost your resale value?
-
- Good luck,
- Keith
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