1991 Toyota Camry 4 cyl

It has 190,000 miles. It losses oil quickly. I just assumed it
burned it. However, I just recently put it up for sale and an
interested buyer took it to the local mechanic. He returned and
stated that the mechanic found that the oil loss is due to a faulty
distributor. Somehow the oil is being diverted through a pinhole.
Could this be the reason for the loss of oil? Never heard of anything
like this before. Thanks. RC

On Oct 13, 10:08 am, wrote:
> It has 190,000 miles. It losses oil quickly. I just assumed it
> burned it. However, I just recently put it up for sale and an
> interested buyer took it to the local mechanic. He returned and
> stated that the mechanic found that the oil loss is due to a faulty
> distributor. Somehow the oil is being diverted through a pinhole.
> Could this be the reason for the loss of oil? Never heard of anything
> like this before. Thanks. RC

if the distributor was faulty i would believe the car would not idle
well. does the car smoke?

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> It has 190,000 miles. It losses oil quickly. I just assumed it
> burned it. However, I just recently put it up for sale and an
> interested buyer took it to the local mechanic. He returned and
> stated that the mechanic found that the oil loss is due to a faulty
> distributor. Somehow the oil is being diverted through a pinhole.
> Could this be the reason for the loss of oil? Never heard of anything
> like this before. Thanks. RC
>

Yes, this could be the reason for the oil loss, but since it loses oil
quickly there should be plenty of evidence of the oil leak in the area of
the distributor. One thing that can happen is the o-ring that seals between
the distributor and the block can fail.