Has Anyone Got The 1.8 Vvti Engine Which Is Fine

[cmia]

the issue was caused by

Piston design -

the oil jets blocked up and caused the rings to gum up.

New pistons with a new design and rings were upgraded.

This is how toyota fixed it.

[sibbs]

I have 2 toyota avensis in the family: one produced in 2004 with 37.500 miles(60.000km) on the clock and one with 20.000 miles, produced in 2008. None of them uses any oil between changes.

you better keep an eye on the one made in 2004 i think they can start drinking between 40 and 50 thousand miles and i think very few get away with it altogether the more stories i read the more i realise this problem is accross the bored although the engine problem was sorted mid 2005

small number of engines had the issue show up, you make it sound as every single engine failed... relax a bit :-)

sorry but its not a small number of these engines, i firmly believe that most show the fault at some point or another the average seems to be from around 50.000 miles , some only burn 1 litre every 1000-3000 miles which if you get your car serviced for you, you may not notice. but some burn as much as 1 litre every 300 miles

[Roker]

cmia; They also increased the oil level by providing a new dip stick