Corrola burning oil

brianregan09

Hey lads just a general question there i have a 96 Corrola H/b 1.3 petrol and its burning oil, got a litre the other on thursday was gone again by Sunday,

Now when i say burning , I mean when i turn on the car 1st thing in the morning its the exhaust plumes like hell for the 1st 100 yards down the road and then it seems to settle down, So anybody any idea why it seems to be doing this i've heard the redex stuff into the petrol thank cleans it out and cuts out the pluming smoke or whatever it is coming out of the exhaust

Bobo78

Most likely valve stem seals need to be replaced cause they are worn.

Esel

There are additives you could try for a cheap fix if money is tight. No experience though! Check your local motor factors.

langdang

Esel wrote: »

There are additives you could try for a cheap fix if money is tight. No experience though! Check your local motor factors.

Tried the Wynns offering on a previous car. I was driving it a few weeks after throwing in the magic juice for fixing the seals and saw no major difference, but parked it up for a month or two after that and the day I drove it down for scrapping it started without any toxic cloud. But, I was never burning a full litre in half a week!

brianregan09

Yeah i used that redex stuff i got in tesco before seemed to do the job for a while so im getting that again later , No plans on doing major repairs as im hopefully changing soon going lookin at a 99 almera later poor betsy will be going on the scrap heap best car i ever had though 5 years and not a snort wrong with it

Esel

I'm sure that a motors factors would have a better selection than Tesco, and more than likely a more effective product.

CJhaughey

I'd be slow to change to an Almera from a Corolla.
That model Corolla is about the most reliable you could find.