Oil Consumption

kenchan

my car smelled burning oil when new. what i did was fill oil only to 3/4 full on dipstick. that took care of the burning. it seemed any time i filled it up to the full dot, the smell came back.

after about 8K miles or so it stopped doing this and no more burning of oil either. i fill to the top dot these days and i am at about 12K miles.

also check if there's oil under the pan. some folks do a sloppy job on their oil changes, and that can also burn while engine is hot.