UPDATE: Toyota is replacing engine at no charge. It is being covered under The Engine Oil Consumption warranty TSB 0158-14 and Oil gelling warranty.
The oil gelling was the reason why there was sign no of oil on the dipstick after numerous times of checking it.
The oil gelling was causing it to burn at a much faster rate hence the engine blowing up.
Very big thanks To Exodus! You really offered help and im greatly appreciative of that. I owe you!
Also, thank you very much to anyone who helped or gave me their input.
To everyone who was cracking jokes thanks for making everyone laugh, guys! :D
Just wanted to see if any of you guys have advice on this.
So, my mom bought a 2007 Camry (non hybrid) from a used car dealer here in Sac around a year ago. The vehicle had around 63,xxx on it, it was a good purchase. She got great gas mileage on it, all together it was a great car.
Until it started making an odd rattling noise it got louder as the RPM's climbed. So i looked at her pulleys and saw that her alternator pulley wobbled a little bit and there was sign of a blown bearing. So i replaced and the rattling went away. Then a month passes and her maintenance required light showed up, in the manual this typically means the engine needed oil. So i check the dipstick and it never would give me an accurate reading. Most the time the dipstick showed that there was no oil in the engine. So for safe precaution i would drain the oil and only around 3.2 guarts would drain out. Safe to say the engine was burning oil. Eventually after going through countless oil changes over the series of 6 months her cats finally were worn out because of the amount of burnt oil in the exhaust. She payed 600 for the first cat that is connected directly to the exhaust manifold and 1,500 for the secondary cat because it is dealer only. (FUCK YOU TOYOTA) She also had the o2 sensors replaced. So her cats were brand new and the rattling went away. But it was still burning oil. There wasnt really anything we could do about the burning oil, toyota said it was normal in their manual and over the phone.
So that brings us today. My mother was running errands today and she stopped for gas. She checked the oil level and as per usual it gave her no reading, no indication that there was oil in the engine. She carries 5 gallons of oil in her car at all times and adds about a quart every couple hundred miles. So after she left the gas station she began to drive over an over pass she began to hear a knocking, she slowed the car and it went away as she slowed to stop at a red light. When the light turned green she began to accelerate. (keep in mind no indicators turned on or flashed while this knock happened and there was no rise in engine temperature.) She thought nothing of it, she got up to speed limit (45mph) and the rattling came back but this time much louder and the car began to lose all of its power the suddenly she hears a big bang and looks in her rear view mirror and sees milky smoke pouring out the back of her car. She slows the car down and it dies. A guy helps her push it to the nearest gas station and the bitch was on fire!!!
Anyways, theres a hole in the block. Im assuming the problem was that there wasnt enough in the engine (obviously). But, who should be held accountable? There was no oil check light that turned on, no rise in engine temperature, no check engine light until it blew up. She has full boat insurance. How do you guuys think this is gonna turn out?
So my questions:
She has full boat so could this possibly just be an insurance claim?
Should we contact toyota about the situation?
Dealer?
Shes freaking out, id like to just give her some piece of mind.
Thans for any insight guys!! As always much appreciated.
The oil gelling was the reason why there was sign no of oil on the dipstick after numerous times of checking it.
The oil gelling was causing it to burn at a much faster rate hence the engine blowing up.
Very big thanks To Exodus! You really offered help and im greatly appreciative of that. I owe you!
Also, thank you very much to anyone who helped or gave me their input.
To everyone who was cracking jokes thanks for making everyone laugh, guys! :D
Just wanted to see if any of you guys have advice on this.
So, my mom bought a 2007 Camry (non hybrid) from a used car dealer here in Sac around a year ago. The vehicle had around 63,xxx on it, it was a good purchase. She got great gas mileage on it, all together it was a great car.
Until it started making an odd rattling noise it got louder as the RPM's climbed. So i looked at her pulleys and saw that her alternator pulley wobbled a little bit and there was sign of a blown bearing. So i replaced and the rattling went away. Then a month passes and her maintenance required light showed up, in the manual this typically means the engine needed oil. So i check the dipstick and it never would give me an accurate reading. Most the time the dipstick showed that there was no oil in the engine. So for safe precaution i would drain the oil and only around 3.2 guarts would drain out. Safe to say the engine was burning oil. Eventually after going through countless oil changes over the series of 6 months her cats finally were worn out because of the amount of burnt oil in the exhaust. She payed 600 for the first cat that is connected directly to the exhaust manifold and 1,500 for the secondary cat because it is dealer only. (FUCK YOU TOYOTA) She also had the o2 sensors replaced. So her cats were brand new and the rattling went away. But it was still burning oil. There wasnt really anything we could do about the burning oil, toyota said it was normal in their manual and over the phone.
So that brings us today. My mother was running errands today and she stopped for gas. She checked the oil level and as per usual it gave her no reading, no indication that there was oil in the engine. She carries 5 gallons of oil in her car at all times and adds about a quart every couple hundred miles. So after she left the gas station she began to drive over an over pass she began to hear a knocking, she slowed the car and it went away as she slowed to stop at a red light. When the light turned green she began to accelerate. (keep in mind no indicators turned on or flashed while this knock happened and there was no rise in engine temperature.) She thought nothing of it, she got up to speed limit (45mph) and the rattling came back but this time much louder and the car began to lose all of its power the suddenly she hears a big bang and looks in her rear view mirror and sees milky smoke pouring out the back of her car. She slows the car down and it dies. A guy helps her push it to the nearest gas station and the bitch was on fire!!!
Anyways, theres a hole in the block. Im assuming the problem was that there wasnt enough in the engine (obviously). But, who should be held accountable? There was no oil check light that turned on, no rise in engine temperature, no check engine light until it blew up. She has full boat insurance. How do you guuys think this is gonna turn out?
So my questions:
She has full boat so could this possibly just be an insurance claim?
Should we contact toyota about the situation?
Dealer?
Shes freaking out, id like to just give her some piece of mind.
Thans for any insight guys!! As always much appreciated.
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