NHTSA Complaint #10311857 — 2000 TOYOTA CELICA

2000 TOYOTA CELICA GT PURCHASED 05/2008 SO FAR MY CAR IS NOT FIXED SO ALL MY MONEY IS IN FIRST DESLUDGING OF MOTOR(2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE OIL LIGHT CAME ON & WAS TOTALLY EMPTY) & OIL. AT FIRST I WENT THRU 1/2 TO 1 QRT EVERY OTHER WEEK. I LIVE 35 MILES FROM WORK & 76 MILES FROM FAMILY SO PUTTING ABOUT 500 MILES A WEEK ON VEHICLE.IT SLOWLY STARTED TO GET TO BE MORE AND MORE OIL.IN 01/2009 IT THRU CAT CONV.WORKING BELOW EFFICIENCY ZONE 2 CODE. IN LAST 2 MONTHS STARTED TAKING 2QTRS ON MONDAYS & 2QRTS ON WEDNESDAYS TO GET BACK & FORTH TO WORK. MORE IF I VISITED MY FAMILY (HAD TO RELOCATE AWAY AFTER LOSING HOUSE IN KATRINA.) THEN 2 WEEKS AGO I GOT A CALL WHILE AT WORK THAT MY DAD (WHO ISIN A NURSING HOME) WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. I PUT 2QRTS IN DROVE 35MILES FROM WORK TO MY DAD. PUT 2 MORE QRTS IN IT BEFORE LEAVING TO RETURN HOME & WHEN I GOT OF INTERSTATE 76 MILES AWAY I PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR COMING TO A RED LIGHT & OIL LIGHT FLASHED. I PULLED DIRECTLY INTO CHEVRON THERE WAS NOTHING READING ON DIP STICK. I WENT BOUGHT 4 MORE QRTS OF OIL. AND LIMPED HOME ABOUT 1.5 MILES AWAY. I WENT THRU 8QRTS OF OIL THAT DAY @4.99 A POP.HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN SINCE. I'M SCARED MOTOR WILL SEIZE @ RATE ITS CONSUMING OIL IF I TRY TO DRIVE IT. CALLED ALL STAR 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN I HAD SUDDEN OIL CONSUMPTION.(8GTS IN 111 MILES), NO LEAKS, BUT CLOGGED CAT CONVERTER.I ASKED ABOUT PRICES ON VALVE STEM SEALS. I HAD ALREADY SEEN FROM OTHER CELICA OWNERS ON NET FORUMS THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR 00-01 MODELS & THAT THERE WAS A TSB IN UK BUT NOT USA TOYOTA JUST CHANGED MOTOR IN 02 THE PISTON RINGS AND BORE FINISH WERE UPDATED ON THE LATE '02. SERVICE DEPT TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE (I'M THE ONLY ONE) BUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF OIL LOSS IT WOULD PROB. NEED ALOT MORE THEN JUST THE VALVE STEMS. *TR