disapearing oil 1997 850 base

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 08 Oct 2008, 19:44

Have you gone through the suggestions given-
Visual inspection for leaking oil, for instance?

sony2000 · Post by **sony2000** » 08 Oct 2008, 20:03

I took a 760T from 300km per liter to 2000km per liter oil, in a short amount of time, simply by using an oil for high mileage engines. The consumption was still declining when we sold the car. Leaky valve seals will only take a little oil.

Post by **holler1** » 08 Oct 2008, 21:07

Another vote for high mileage oil.

coolfische · Post by **coolfische** » 12 Oct 2008, 15:27

so, verdict is in.... no leaks, pcv system is fine....car is just burning it up. so if it goes through 2.5 quarts per 1000 miles do i keep and just fill it with oil, or ditch it and find something else. Does anyone know I don't fix it but keep the car am I looking at even bigger problems down the road, exhaust ect.?

coolfische · Post by **coolfische** » 13 Oct 2008, 11:02

I will try the higher mileage oil and see what happens.

thanks

Post by **vegasjetskier** » 13 Oct 2008, 13:32

coolfische wrote:so, verdict is in.... no leaks, pcv system is fine....car is just burning it up. so if it goes through 2.5 quarts per 1000 miles do i keep and just fill it with oil, or ditch it and find something else. Does anyone know I don't fix it but keep the car am I looking at even bigger problems down the road, exhaust ect.?

You might get some spark plug fouling and catalytic converter problems.

In addition to the high mileage oil, you could add a can of STP. It sometimes helps.

Also you can try auto-rx, available at http://auto-rx.com