adding 10W-30 to burning oil corolla 02?

Duong

I have a corolla 2002. I've been using 5W-30 oil as the manual suggested and it burns a lot of oil while driving. I changed the val gasket but nothing improved. since the oil is burning, I add 5W-30 once the oil level is low but it costs me too much. Can I added 10W-30 instead of 5W-30 to the engine? Would that be a problem for not changing the filter (since I just did oil/filter changed couple weeks ago) when adding 10W-30? Thanks

dvskv

My experience regarding any vehicle "Burning Oil" whether it is the Toyota recommended 5W30 or 10W30 or even changing the oil filter (to include genuine Toyota filters) is that usually it comes from age and wear n tear but more importantly not checking the oil level in your vehicle's engine.































The role of oil and antifreeze & water is to serve as lubriicants & coolants and to dissipate engine heat so if one lets the oil run too low or there is not enough, the result causes irreversible damage to engine parts. Consequently the engine will continue to drink or use more oil because there is leaking internally.































Bottomeline yes, constantly adding engine oil will add up and become like a nag meaning maybe having to buy oil by the case and keep it in your trunk. Problem is once you decide & neglect thinking there must be a better solution and drive off without checking & adding oil, eventually you will regret you neglected preventive maintenance from the beginning because what will eventually happen is the engine will SEIZE and shutdown on some highway or road far from your mechanic and your vehicle will need to be towed and instead now you're talking even bigger expense of getting a replacement engine installed if you decide it is the cheaper solution...































Best of Luck!

DarkHind

Changing different thickness in the oil does not help to stop burning it.















And changing the valve cover gasket was a waste of money. Theres something wrong with your engine and Im pretty sure your going to need to replace piston rings in the near future. Does your smoke a lot? Only thing to do now is just to keep filling oil in. I am not to sure why an 02 corolla would be burning oil unless its being neglected.