Thread 28557200

>Put 5.3 quarts of oil in car
>change oil 3500 miles later
>only 4.8 quarts go out

....is....is my car eating oil?

congrats, your car is a hybrid.
it burns petrol and oil

>>28557200 (OP)
The Subaru experience

>>28557200 (OP)
Now the mad scientist needs to rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried

>>28557212
It's an Elantra N and it's new....

>>28557223
What does
The
N
Stand
For?

>>28557223
What the fuck did you expect? Kia engines are notorious for burning fuckloads of oil. The few Velosters I see kicking around are always followed by a cloud of blue smoke.

>>28557223
Yup, welcome to the Hyundai/kia experience

>>28557229
I don't know...

>>28557200 (OP)
you must have just been born

>>28557200 (OP)
Did you account for oil displaced into the oil filter (?)

>>28557234
>average filter holds about .5qt
shiii

>>28557234
.....I did not

new cars all burn oil to a degree, it’s a design feature for fuel efficiency purposes. no, it doesn’t make sense, but you can speak to your local government representative as to why that is.

>>28557200 (OP)
>almost all cars burn at least a small amount of oil over a 5k mile interval
>not all oil collects in the drain pan when changing the oil (some collects in the filter, some in little nooks and dimples throughout the engine)
I wouldn’t worry about it.

>>28557200 (OP)
Every car I've ever owned burned oil.
The worse is my LS1 swapped Turd gen Camaro.
1ish quart every 2,000miles.
1 quart burned every track day.
It's a track car but still, that engine is on borrowed time.
Still pulls good though.

>>28557281
ty anon

>>28557307
so if I'm going to the track bring an extra quart of oil?

>>28557200 (OP)
No, I drained some of your oil to see if you'd notice

>>28557223
>kiundai cilantro nigger
pure pottery

>>28557937
>so if I'm going to the track bring an extra quart of oil?
Yes
Typically guys will check oil levels after each secession.
So 3-4 times during the event.

>>28558423
very informative thank you anon

>>28557200 (OP)
>....is....is my car eating oil?
the only way to know is to periodically check your oil level. however, you never get all the old oil out during a change anyway.

my VA wrx does this although not as drastically. I lose about 0.2 quarts every 5K miles. all modern engines are designed to burn some oil to improve mpg. some are more egregious than others

>>28557223
What did you expect from Korean junk?

Next time and be a white boy and have money and buy a Honda type r you fuckin poor niggar

Mm delicious oil. What flavor? I got atf all over my garage floor

>>28557212
False. My Outback burns way more oil than that.
Its low at 4k miles

>>28557221
VP race fuels does not build engines

1/2 quart at 3500 miles? I wouldn't worry unless it gets worse and you're burning a quart before 5k

>>28557223
>all the people spazzing about Koreans using oil
ahem

>>28557226
Nooil

>>28557212
>>28558913
My EJ20 doesn't use any, not a single drop.
>feelsgoodman

>>28559360
No one said that Germans weren't shit as well

>>28557200 (OP)
Check for leaks, otherwise that's not bad for an oil burner, do 3000 mile intervals and you won't even notice, some people's cars are so shit they eat a qt of oil in 500 miles

>>28557223
>It's an Elantra N and it's new....
Unfortunately, the super thin oil they recommend will burn off. If you do any hard driving with a zero weight oil, you will consume it.