how much oil does your car use in 3k?

[TurboKA37]

hmm ill tell u tomarrow how much mine eats up. it will be my second oil change (i dont kno how many miles were on the first change)

[gibbo80]

i burn about 1/2 a quart, i am using castrol gtx high milage 10w-40. I have 152k. I want to run synthetic but heard you shouldnt if the car never has. Is what im running good fred?

[TurboKA37]

i think u can switch from mineral to synthetic but not synthetic to mineral. please correct me if im wrong cause i put synthetic in mine 3000 miles ago without knowing what was in it before.

[gibbo80]

i need a change, and i would love to throw synthetic in

[TurboKA37]

i kno there is another huge thread on which synthetic oil is best and is says something about change to synthetic u might want to check it out. it was created by palmer

[240_Keyy]

old motor used to burn oil like it was going out of style, about 1.5qt per month. The SR burns none that I can tell, and the wife's 240 burns maybe a half quart.

[TurboKA37]

i was kinda dissapointed when i checked how much oil was burnt off. after about 3100 miles i changed the oil and dirty oil filled 3 quart bottles(to the top of the bottle, above the quart mark) so im guessing that comes out to about 3 1/3 quarts and then the oil that was left in the filter prolly added it up to 3.5 quarts. the engine has about 83000 on it and seems to be in great condition. what r some reasons of losing oil? (i kno about leaks and mine has none)

[PalmerWMD]

All engines burn some oil.

Some more than others.reasons are either engine construction (depedns on engine type), ring wear, hi combustion chamber temps, or weal oils.

Anyones guess which one it is, in your case.

Hi oil consuption is not unusual in hiperformance engines.

Fred...

[nametakennow]

maybe we don't have members who check the General Forum often + care to post + actually change their oil+ if they change their oil, they dont do it themselves

Or don't have a car .

[PalmerWMD]

Bump.

Fred..

[blink0r]

My baby burns no oil.

274,000kms and running amazing!

In the 3 years i've owned her, the ONLY thing i've done to her are new brake pads (besides fluid changes)

[groundhogday1976]

My car was a little low when I first bought it, but I replaced the leaky valve cover gasket, and now I never have to add oil between changes.

[Rockenreno]

I haven't checked in a little while, but I burned no oil before my last oil change.