I have a 96 Toyota Camry. I am putting about 4 qts. of oil in it a month. Other than this issue and some other minor things this car is in great shape. It doesn't appear to be smoking from the tailpipe and I never find any puddles of oil under the car after it has been sitting in one place for a while. What can be wrong with my car causing it to eat this much oil. Every now and then I smell a little burning oil but it is not coming from the exhaust. I'm thinking a valve job. Engine has 250,000 miles on it and it runs great other than the oil thing. I drive it 116 miles a day back and forth to work. Any suggestions??? Help!!!
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A valve job is removing the cylinder head(s) from the engine so the valves, guides and seats can be refurbished to restore compression and oil control. A valve job may be necessary by the time an engine has 80,000 or more miles on it, or to fix a burned valve, compression or oil burning problem. If the valves are to be reused, they will be inspected, checked for straightness then refaced. Many shops automatically replace all the exhaust valves to reduce the risk of failure (exhaust valves run much hotter than intakes and are much more likely to fail). On the other hand, if you have an import car with dual overhead cams, four-valves-per-cylinder and a lot of fancy valvetrain hardware, you might be looking at a total bill of $200-$300. Parts typically cost much more for import engines as well as performance engines and diesels. The labor to do the valve work is also much more involved on these overhead cam multi-valve heads. (Of course, they didn't tell you that when you bought the car. All they stressed was the fantastic performance of overhead cams and multiple valves.)
