Hey Scotty,
I have a 2010 Toyota Camry with 223000 MI. On the oil cap it says that I'm supposed to use 0w20 but my mechanic and friends have told me that I need to up the weight to 10W30 or 10W40 because of the mileage of the motor. Is that correct? Not only for my vehicle but any vehicle once it gets a certain amount of mileage and age do I increase the weight?
No they are designed for that light or if you put a heavier oil in every time you start the motor where 90 something percent of your workers more aware of the car because the oil will not pump up to the top of the cam fast enough. You only put heavier weight in if your engine is burning a ton of oil and design its last legs and just do that to try to make it last a bit longer
It's just good to know the lighter oil is not causing problems, even after 200,000 miles.
Well my car is burning oil a lot.. Every 2k miles I have to put 3 1/2 -4 quarts of oil.
Oh, in that case it's worn out. A heavier oil may be your only bet to slow the burning and keep it a little while longer.
Scotty is right and has talked about this in numerous videos before: for modern engines, stick to the current oil you have been using (which is what the engine was designed for anyways), especially if you have no engine issues after all this time (at 223,000 miles).
I have engine issues. It's burning oil maybe like 3 and a 1/2 to 4 quarts of oil every 2000 miles.
Is it a 4-cylinder model? 2006-2011 model year Toyotas with the 2AZ-FE engine are prone to oil burning due to defective piston rings. Whichever engine you have it's clearly worn out - that's a heck of a lot of oil to be using in 2000 miles! Probably time to start thinking about another vehicle.