If you have the 2 . 4 L I 4 engine 2 AZFEI have thatToyota still insists that burning 1 quart of oil every 1200 miles is normal . This applies to Toyota North America vehicles onlyIt ' s my mom ' s car , and she drives about 500600 miles a month . We got the oil changed in May , and she ' s been driving it regularly in August , September , October , and November , so the mileage on the oil prob about 20002400 miles . That would translate to about 2 liters of oil burned . Is the car running okay now that oil is in it ? Do you notice any strange sputtering or noises ? I ' d strongly suggest taking it to a mechanic and have them drain the oil and check for metal shards just do an inspection of the engine in general , although oil is pretty indicative of problems . Keep us posted with more details ! It ' s been running fine even before I put oil in it . I drove it maybe 300400 miles between May and now , and I can ' t say I ' ve noticed anything unusual . Right after I put the oil in , I put another 50 miles on it , and I didn ' t notice anything different . My mom has said that sometimes the car pauses before accelerating , but I haven ' t noticed that at all , and I can ' t help but wonder if she ' s just noticing nonexistent things or if it ' s just confirmation bias , since I told her the oil has been low for at least the last month or so and pressed her about whether she ' s noticed anything before the oil topoff . I ' ve been driving a mix of highway and city so it ' s not that I don ' t know the car well . I ' m pretty sure that if I didn ' t look at the dipstick , we all would have been just driving the car until its next oil change or until it left us stranded somewhere , because none of us noted anything alarming enough from just driving the car to say something until after I looked at the dipstick . EDIT to answer your second question , it really depends on the placement of the dipstick end within the oilpan . I looked up the 2 . 4 L oilpan and it looks slanted in the rear towards the drain plug , so if the dipstick is touching oil in that inclined area , it ' ll naturally read a higher level if you ' ve parked uphill . I can ' t find any images of where the dipstick hole is in relation to the drainplug , but I ' ll look into it . Sweet ! Good to know .