VW told 1+ quart per oil change was within spec!!! On my 2001 new
beetle. Wow never gonna buy another vw again
I Erbs
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On Aug 3, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
> Mike,
> The oil is probably forced passed the valve guides. Have a look at the
> crank case ventilation system. It may have a blockage or
> malfunctioning
> valve some where, causing oil consumption, although a quarter of a
> pint
> every 1000 mls is not that bad, only 1 pint every oil change.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> rrengineer @dslextreme.com wrote:
>> Funny you should say that. My 2004 Accord LX Coupe is using a
>> quart every
>> 1000 miles. It only has 124K miles on it, but Honda says this
>> acceptable
>> for the VTEC engine. Who are they kidding. I know it is blow by
>> because
>> you can see the black soot in the tail pipe. They just don't want
>> to fix it
>> because I reported it back when it was under warranty at less that
>> 50K
>> miles. I made the last payment on it a few months ago, and yes,
>> adding oil
>> is less expensive than a rebuild or a used low mileage Jap engine
>> replacement. Much preferable than more payments. BTW- I also own
>> a 2004
>> Honda Civic EX and it does not use ANY oil between oil changes. Go
>> figure.
>> Mike MacLean
>> 56 BN2
>> 60 AN5
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Curt/Nancy Arndt
>> <cnaarndt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a
> name of coudesluijs.vcf]
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