My car has 118,000 miles and burns a quart of oil every 900 miles, so I finally picked between fixing the engine or buying a $4,500 beater

Alice Wilson · 2026-09-22T03:30:02.733449+00:00

My mechanic in Tucson quoted me $2,800 to reseal the valve cover and replace the PCV system, which he said would slow the burning but not fix it. The other option was dumping that cash into a $4,500 Camry with its own unknown problems. I went with the repair because every cheap car I looked at had a seller story I did not believe. Two months in and it is down to a quart every 1,500 miles, so it worked, but I keep wondering if I just kicked the real problem down the road. Has anyone else here picked the repair over the replacement and regretted it?

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My car has 118,000 miles and burns a quart of oil every 900 miles, so I finally picked between fixing the engine or buying a $4,500 beater | Boss Fight Therapy - Rigidtalk