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Originally Posted by Tcoat
It is a max number not a "will use" number. If you are actually going through that much you will either plug up a cat or have a nice trail of smoke.
You hammer on the car and it uses more oil. Strange how that happens.
Engine oil consumption
●The amount of engine oil consumed depends on the oil viscosity, the
quality of the oil and the way the vehicle is driven.
●More oil is consumed under driving conditions such as high speeds and
frequent acceleration and deceleration.
●A new engine consumes more oil.
●When judging the amount of oil consumption, keep in mind that the oil
may have become diluted, making it difficult to judge the true level accurately.
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Yeah read all that, same verbiage in every car manual. True it does say 1qt/600mi is max but also notice is says if it consumes MORE than 1qt/600mi then you need to contact the dealer. As if 1qt/600mi is the max that is "acceptable". IMO 1qt/2000mi is enough to contact the dealer much less MORE than 1qt/600mi. It's the verbiage in the service manual that really caught my eye though. It's worded poorly but sort of makes it sound like you should expect it to burn 1qt/2000mi as if that is normal. What is odd is the service manual doesn't even specify what they consider to be max consumption.