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Good pictures! As a rookie here I'm easily impressed. As I've mentioned in other threads, my new (to me) '98 Camry is checking out ok right now (had the valve cover removed). But I bought the car so that powerful engine could pull a fifteen-hundred-pound pop-up camper around. We won't be...

TC brings up an interesting point for me. I can't see my valve train under my oil cap, but I can see a metal plate coated with what looks like sludge. That's why I sent my '98 Camry in to the dealer to have the valve cover pulled, but I'm told that the engine had "absolutely no sludge." They...

I'd just add, since it hasn't been mentioned, that Toyota undid their problem, I think in 2002, by eliminating the 4 cylinder engine in question, and redesigning the 6. I gather that, even tho the Sienna and V6 Camry have the same engine, the Sienna is more prone to sludging. (I briefly owned...

Here's another newbie kind of question. I'm the new guy with the '98 Camry, and I like the idea of occasionally keeping an eye on what comes out of the oil pan to stay on top of any newly developing sludge problems (this engine has that tendency). I'm very proud because I figured out that UOA...

Great replies. Thanks for the help. In case it matters, my Camry is the V6 with the 3.0. Late spring through fall I hope to do a bit of towing with our new pop up camper. I was wondering if I really needed a high milage oil myself. It's the detergent additive I'm most interested in. So it sounds...

OK folks, take it easy on me, I'm a real amateur here. I have a 98 Camry with 66k miles on it. It's one of the engines with a tendency to sludge, but I've had the dealer take off the valve cover and he reports "absolutely no sludge." I've also just found a highly reputable independent mechanic...