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Old 08-17-2009, 07:45 PM   #88 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kannibul View Post
Rotary engines have to burn oil otherwise they die a quick death - for those it's the nature of the beast just to keep that engine running. It's a part of the design.

A reciprocating engine, for the most part shouldn't burn oil (or any meaningful/measureable amount - not with the tolerances we have today...
Kannibul,
I was just putting things into perspective regarding oil consumption... On track days with my previous Rx8, i would easily burn 1 quart of oil per 40-50miles (which is normal for a rotary engine).
Now my breaking-in period is almost completed (1500km), so we will see the numbers. So far, no oil level changes...
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