Avensis Oil Consumption

[sandyl]

;) Hi All, I'm a new member and the owner of a 2001 Avensis 1800 vvti. I have read with worry about excessive oil consumption from this engine and that there is a " Black List " of engines. This started about 30k miles and i am using about 4 - 5 litres of oil between services. Is this normal ? I have mentioned this to my Local dealer who told me that there is problems with a FEW 1800vvti's but Toyota would repair even out of warranty as long as less that 100k miles and serviced regularly at a Toyota Dealer. I should point out that it was explained that i would have to pay for the engine strip down and then if fault found Toyota would repair. !! My car has done 60k miles now. Thanks for any response. I appreciate there has been numerous notes about this subject.

[thiambal]

;) Hi All, I'm a new member and the owner of a 2001 Avensis 1800 vvti. I have read with worry about excessive oil consumption from this engine and that there is a " Black List " of engines. This started about 30k miles and i am using about 4 - 5 litres of oil between services. Is this normal ? I have mentioned this to my Local dealer who told me that there is problems with a FEW 1800vvti's but Toyota would repair even out of warranty as long as less that 100k miles and serviced regularly at a Toyota Dealer. I should point out that it was explained that i would have to pay for the engine strip down and then if fault found Toyota would repair. !! My car has done 60k miles now. Thanks for any response. I appreciate there has been numerous notes about this subject.

I will try and summarise the collected wisdom I received from a similar post.

1. There is no black list as such, but all 1.8 Vvti engines from 2000 to some time in 2003 (see other posts for exact details) are prone to this problem.

2. 4-5 litres between is within the tolerance prinited in the Toyota manual - but lets face it - this is not acceptable. Mind you - this oil useage is not nearly as bad a some people.

3. The crucial measurement is oil consumption per 1000 miles - this is what Toyota will base it on - so get measuring.

4. There is an extention on the Toyota warranty for this oil issue to 5 years / 50,000 miles. I have not seen anyone mention on this forum say that Toyota would do it up to 100,000. If your dealer is prepared to make this offer I would get it in writing from him! I suspect he is giving you flannel and you may find that at 60,000 you are outside any warranty cover.

5. I would take care with any arrangement by which you pay for investigation work and they cover the costs if they find a fault. Surely if they accepted work under warranty then they pay for all the costs. I understand the usual procedure if for Toyota to monitor oil consumption for you - although note all the previous posts on potential dirty tricks!

I think that has covered most thing - but I am sure others will quite rightly correct me or make an additions.

[Barry61]

;) Hi All, I'm a new member and the owner of a 2001 Avensis 1800 vvti. I have read with worry about excessive oil consumption from this engine and that there is a " Black List " of engines. This started about 30k miles and i am using about 4 - 5 litres of oil between services. Is this normal ? I have mentioned this to my Local dealer who told me that there is problems with a FEW 1800vvti's but Toyota would repair even out of warranty as long as less that 100k miles and serviced regularly at a Toyota Dealer. I should point out that it was explained that i would have to pay for the engine strip down and then if fault found Toyota would repair. !! My car has done 60k miles now. Thanks for any response. I appreciate there has been numerous notes about this subject.

I will try and summarise the collected wisdom I received from a similar post.

1. There is no black list as such, but all 1.8 Vvti engines from 2000 to some time in 2003 (see other posts for exact details) are prone to this problem.

2. 4-5 litres between is within the tolerance prinited in the Toyota manual - but lets face it - this is not acceptable. Mind you - this oil useage is not nearly as bad a some people.

3. The crucial measurement is oil consumption per 1000 miles - this is what Toyota will base it on - so get measuring.

4. There is an extention on the Toyota warranty for this oil issue to 5 years / 50,000 miles. I have not seen anyone mention on this forum say that Toyota would do it up to 100,000. If your dealer is prepared to make this offer I would get it in writing from him! I suspect he is giving you flannel and you may find that at 60,000 you are outside any warranty cover.

5. I would take care with any arrangement by which you pay for investigation work and they cover the costs if they find a fault. Surely if they accepted work under warranty then they pay for all the costs. I understand the usual procedure if for Toyota to monitor oil consumption for you - although note all the previous posts on potential dirty tricks!

I think that has covered most thing - but I am sure others will quite rightly correct me or make an additions.

I am intrigued! No one has suggested where this excessive oil is going. Is it leaking or is it joining the emmissions? If it's the latter would that not constitute an MOT failure? I'm just interested, fortunately mine is the 2litre and doesn't seem to have that problem.

[tarbee]

No it wont fail the MOT on emissions untill the CAT goes wrong which it will do quite quickly if you're burning plenty of oil. Toyota have convieniently forgot to make any mention of this and CATs as far as I understand it are not cheap!! :!Removed!:

[Alec Scott]

;) Hi All, I'm a new member and the owner of a 2001 Avensis 1800 vvti. I have read with worry about excessive oil consumption from this engine and that there is a " Black List " of engines. This started about 30k miles and i am using about 4 - 5 litres of oil between services. Is this normal ? I have mentioned this to my Local dealer who told me that there is problems with a FEW 1800vvti's but Toyota would repair even out of warranty as long as less that 100k miles and serviced regularly at a Toyota Dealer. I should point out that it was explained that i would have to pay for the engine strip down and then if fault found Toyota would repair. !! My car has done 60k miles now. Thanks for any response. I appreciate there has been numerous notes about this subject.

My son is a Service Advisor at the Toyota franchise in Grimsby. I've just had a new engine fitted under warranty for this problem.

He tells me that the (engine) warranty has been extended to 115,000 miles or 7 years. But my engine was low mileage - 38,000, and my car is 02-reg. Hope this helps

[igormus]

;) Hi All, I'm a new member and the owner of a 2001 Avensis 1800 vvti. I have read with worry about excessive oil consumption from this engine and that there is a " Black List " of engines. This started about 30k miles and i am using about 4 - 5 litres of oil between services. Is this normal ? I have mentioned this to my Local dealer who told me that there is problems with a FEW 1800vvti's but Toyota would repair even out of warranty as long as less that 100k miles and serviced regularly at a Toyota Dealer. I should point out that it was explained that i would have to pay for the engine strip down and then if fault found Toyota would repair. !! My car has done 60k miles now. Thanks for any response. I appreciate there has been numerous notes about this subject.

I will try and summarise the collected wisdom I received from a similar post.

1. There is no black list as such, but all 1.8 Vvti engines from 2000 to some time in 2003 (see other posts for exact details) are prone to this problem.

2. 4-5 litres between is within the tolerance prinited in the Toyota manual - but lets face it - this is not acceptable. Mind you - this oil useage is not nearly as bad a some people.

3. The crucial measurement is oil consumption per 1000 miles - this is what Toyota will base it on - so get measuring.

4. There is an extention on the Toyota warranty for this oil issue to 5 years / 50,000 miles. I have not seen anyone mention on this forum say that Toyota would do it up to 100,000. If your dealer is prepared to make this offer I would get it in writing from him! I suspect he is giving you flannel and you may find that at 60,000 you are outside any warranty cover.

5. I would take care with any arrangement by which you pay for investigation work and they cover the costs if they find a fault. Surely if they accepted work under warranty then they pay for all the costs. I understand the usual procedure if for Toyota to monitor oil consumption for you - although note all the previous posts on potential dirty tricks!

I think that has covered most thing - but I am sure others will quite rightly correct me or make an additions.

I am intrigued! No one has suggested where this excessive oil is going. Is it leaking or is it joining the emmissions? If it's the latter would that not constitute an MOT failure? I'm just interested, fortunately mine is the 2litre and doesn't seem to have that problem.

Hello

The main reazon is pistons overheating resulting both rings sticking and drain holes clogging.

All anothers are words for nothing.

cheers/Igor