Oil Consumption

Originally Posted by ImportConvert 1 quart every 4500 miles is no big deal. How do you drive? If you engine-brake a lot, it might be getting sucked through the PCV

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02-04-2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

1 quart every 4500 miles is no big deal. How do you drive? If you engine-brake a lot, it might be getting sucked through the PCV system and not past the rings, anyway.

It actually seems to be more than half a quart... that was just my initial estimate... and IMO 1 qt every 4500 on a brand new car is def a big deal... something is burning/leaking if I am loosing oil at that rate.

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