Hi Scotty,
I recently have been noticing my car is burning about 1 qt of oil every 1000 miles. I have 75000 miles on the car and it is used for mostly local driving (no more than 10-15 miles a day). We change the motor oil every 5000 with full synthetic. Is this one of those engines that burns oils as it ages? 75000 is pretty young. Also, this car is AWD. I have seen some say to change the read differential oil every 30k miles. I have not done this, should I?
Did you buy the car used? If so, odds are that the previous owner(s) did not change the oil regularly.
It seems that the following schedule is recommended for differential oil change intervals:
15,000 miles towing, 30-60,000 miles non-towing
Brand new from dealar, and can the differential oil be changed with just jack stands or better to take it somewhere with a lift?
Do you have any warranty on the drivetrain? If so, have them fix it.
You can change the differential oil yourself, no need the lift.
The generation before that did have oil burning issues which started around 60-80k miles with the 2.4 I4 engines, but the 2.5 did not have the common oil consumption issues but some did in the Camrys.
Just jack it up a little and use stands for safety.
I'd be more worried about the oil consumption.
Specifically, where it's coming from.
Maybe find the time to remove each spark plug and inspect them for visible signs of oil being burned.
Try to determine which cylinder(s) is the problem.
Next, a compression test and a leak down test.
You need to know if this is valve seals (expensive valve job)
or piston rings (motor rebuild).
