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11-20-2012, 03:27 PM
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#1 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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I started to do my own oil change and notice i lost about half bottle (2 to 3 quartz) everytime i drained the tank
Is this normal ? I am positive there is no leak, at least from what i can see
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11-20-2012, 03:34 PM
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#2 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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your car consumes oil??
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11-20-2012, 03:55 PM
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The problem is that your car has an oil gremlin. In the winter months it is very common for them to move into your engine and start living in the warmth provided by the viscous, hot oil present in your oil pan.
They live in the oil but also feed off of it. I recommend pulling off the head and pouring in some RAID to get rid of the gremlins. The last thing you want is your car to run out of oil as you're driving.
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11-20-2012, 03:59 PM
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step one: steal oil
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11-20-2012, 04:14 PM
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what type of car you have, may help diagnose whether or not it has a problem.
what i mean is some cars tend to burn and others don't.
like my car isn't' supposed to burn, but oil kept "disappearing", which is when i found out i had a valve cover leak.
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11-20-2012, 05:47 PM
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What is the mileage of your car? Do you ever see any blue smoke at startup or under acceleration? What weight of oil do you use/ what is the recommended weight? You might want to go up in weight and see if it helps, i.e 5w20 to 10w30.
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11-20-2012, 05:48 PM
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Dont matter what kind of car....its an Oil gremlin nothing you can do.
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11-20-2012, 06:20 PM
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If your doing a lot of WOT runs then more than likely the engine is burning extra oil, keep in mind every engine consumes oil, some much more than other.
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11-20-2012, 06:27 PM
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11-20-2012, 07:35 PM
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Some cars burn some oil, ex. RX8
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11-20-2012, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dhillon09  The problem is that your car has an oil gremlin. In the winter months it is very common for them to move into your engine and start living in the warmth provided by the viscous, hot oil present in your oil pan.
They live in the oil but also feed off of it. I recommend pulling off the head and pouring in some RAID to get rid of the gremlins. The last thing you want is your car to run out of oil as you're driving. | Man, it would be priceless if this turned into anything like the sand porting my head thread..
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11-20-2012, 08:07 PM
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i drive a 06 mazda 3 and using 5w20
not sure if this gonna help
so im guessing the amount of the oil consumption is consider normal ?
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11-20-2012, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mangoo- I heard if you wait long enough a genie lamp comes on and grants you wishes |
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I wish I checked that oil sooner!
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11-20-2012, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Greenstoner i drive a 06 mazda 3 and using 5w20
not sure if this gonna help
so im guessing the amount of the oil consumption is consider normal ? | Oil consumption is perfectly normal. You should monitor it and top up as needed every other week (what I usually do).
My engine burns about a quart every 1000 km's and its got a 6 quart capacity so I gotta stay ontop of it or it'll become low real quick
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11-20-2012, 08:36 PM
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yah, my car is leak free and i still lose oil. All that WOT during the corners 
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11-20-2012, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Greenstoner I started to do my own oil change and notice i lost about half bottle (2 to 3 quartz) everytime i drained the tank
Is this normal ? I am positive there is no leak, at least from what i can see | you are down 2-3 liters ? ( 1 qt = .9 Liters ) with each change ?
either you have one big leak or you are burning
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11-20-2012, 09:17 PM
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I've heard stories of losing up to 1.5L at a change and losing 0.1L at a change on the same car. Difference was driving like a mad man and driving like a granny. Car was fairly new as well.
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11-20-2012, 09:23 PM
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5w20 is thin oil... you should give 10w30 a try.
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11-20-2012, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kwy Some cars burn some oil, ex. RX8 | S2000 and Integra Type-R too.
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11-20-2012, 09:41 PM
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11-20-2012, 09:57 PM
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#21 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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After driving Honda's (92+97 accord, and 98 prelude) where I never needed to top oil I was also really surprised to find out my Pathfinder consumes large amounts. After much research I found out there isn't much I can do. Some engines just have these issues. VQ35DE engines (Path, Qx4, G35, FX35) are known to consume oil and all you can do is top it off every week or so.
oh, and the consumption decreased after I started using 10W30 (from 5W30).
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11-20-2012, 09:57 PM
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So much fail in this thread. All internal combustion engines burn oil over time. It breaks down over the natural course of lubrication and protecting the internal rotation parts. If it is consuming an EXCESSIVE amount, that is bad. Do not change the weight of the oil, put in what the manufacture recommends, they know what they are doing.
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11-20-2012, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman-19 So much fail in this thread. All internal combustion engines burn oil over time. It breaks down over the natural course of lubrication and protecting the internal rotation parts. If it is consuming an EXCESSIVE amount, that is bad. Do not change the weight of the oil, put in what the manufacture recommends, they know what they are doing. | You should do some research before you talk. Cars with over 100,000km should move to a thicker grade of oil.
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11-20-2012, 10:08 PM
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mazda 3 2.3 has a known oil consumption problem.
ask any owner....that has checked the oil.
keep running the 5/20 but please check it more often or you will be buying a new motor.
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11-20-2012, 10:13 PM
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#25 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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How frequent (both in terms of time and mileage) are you doing your oil changes?
If you are only losing 1/2 a bottle over 8k km or so, it isn't something I'd worry about at all. Just keep an eye on your engine's oil consumption (say, check it once every 1000 km or so), and top it off as necessary. Even if your engine is burning that 1/2 bottle over 4k km, it still isn't a significant enough amount to be concerned about. (But it is something you want to keep a closer eye on.)
Some people will recommend going to a thicker oil to minimize the oil burning problem, but I consider that bad advice. It is fine to move to a thicker oil if your typical operating conditions warrants it (eg. high temp, lots of WOT or heavy throttle, etc.). But to do so as a cure to an oil consumption problem, it is not an appropriate solution because it doesn't really fix anything.
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