196,000 Miles and Doesn't Burn a drop of oil

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That 1MZ-FE is one hell of an engine.

I am just so surprised that my ‘95 Camry V6 Coupe doesn’t burn ANY oil! I check it every other week and it’s always at the same level. I’m not necessarily easy on the throttle, which is why I’m so surprised...

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Only time I have to add oil is during the winter. There’s a pretty bad oil leak that only makes itself known when the whether starts to get cold, so that’s something I’m not looking forward to....

I think I need new valve cover gaskets, but if I’m going to change out the valve cover gaskets, I might as well change out the spark plugs since they’re still all original...

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Just can’t justify the amount of money it would cost to pay my mechanic to do such a job. :(