Loss of Oil Options

[Wadgti]

Hi folks,

I know that this has probaly been asked a thousand ties, and I had a look at ome other threads.

But my 97 7AFE ST is loosing alot of oil. It was filled 4/5 of the capacity 2 weeks ago and today it had very little oil let. I was using 10-40 semi castrol gtx as an stop gap in the meantime. there looks to be a small leak coming from the rocker cover gasket running down the front of the head next to the belts. ( i would think it would loose as much oil as it has via the rocker cover gasket)

I have seen the odd puff of blue smoke when foot is goes down, however I am not convinced that it is burning oil. On startup for 5 minutes, there is no blue smoke just petrol fumes.

The car has has a strong smell of petrol in the cabin now and again. It hasnt been serviced in about a year and has been left on a driveway for around 6months. It is going to be serviced at the end of this month to see it helps.

Can anyone suggest other areas to look at.

Many thanks

[alltracman78]

It is. But not just the 7AFE.
They burn oil past the piston rings; you're not going to see it as smoke, each cylinder burns a tiny bit each stroke. Enough to make the oil go down fast but not enough for smoke.

Unless you're seeing puddles/drips under the car a leak isn't causing fast oil loss.

Also, Toyota doesn't do oil pan gaskets. They use FIPG [very fast sealing RTV].
I'm sure you could find it FS online somewhere by someone cheaper than $100 [~80GBP].
If you can't I'll see about getting some and shipping it to you [PM me]. It still won't be cheap, but should be well under that.
And the black FIPG is the best thing to use.