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View Poll Results: Oil Consumption rate?
0.1 - 0.5 quart
41.90%
0.6 - 1.0 quart
35.24%
1.1 - 2.0 quarts
20.00%
> 2 quarts
2.86%
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Oil Consumption rate?

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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 10:46 AM
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If you are consuming oil, what is your rate?
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 10:49 AM
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almost 35K miles on my 00 and no noticable consumption
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 10:52 AM
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My rate went down during break-in from 0.5 qt/1000 miles to 0.1 qt/1000 miles currently. I now have around 7000 miles on the car.
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 01:23 PM
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Put a quart in somewhere around 2500 miles. Have about 6K now and don't seem to be using any (oil changed at 3750).
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 03:09 PM
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I'm the first to break two quarts, do I win anything?
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 03:12 PM
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dlq04, what is your mileage and how often do you vtec?
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 03:13 PM
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A bottle of STP stop leak
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 03:16 PM
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My car's been easy on the oil from day one. I check it A LOT, and after nine months and 6800 miles I've never found it more than two "X"'s down.
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 03:17 PM
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After looking at all of the threads about oil consumption, it's amazing how different peoples experiences are. My car has almost 7000 miles, and I've put 2.5 quarts in my baby.
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Old Nov 17, 2002 | 05:58 PM
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5100 miles, about 1.5 quarts. Just changed the oil before putting her away for the winter - I'll revisit this thread in the summer after another 1000 miles or so....

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