Recently there has been an onslaught of cars coming into the shop with 2-3 quarts of oil in their cars when there is supposed to be 5-6 quarts. This includes my girlfriend’s car who gets her oil changed done by me. Is there a reason why that is?

P.S. some cars that had their oil changed done recently come in with low oil light and low oil.

  • Grand_Possibility_69@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    People aren’t checking their oil.

    Also oil consumption on cars has increased. Older cars aregetting older and wearing more. This makes them consume more oil. Newer cars are made with low friction piston rings that consume oil and turbo will increase the oil consumption too.

    And people have gotten used to cars not consuming oil or needing any other repair work. I think that car reliability went up until 1990…2010 and then has gone down. Also car and house are probably the last things that get repaired anymore. In the past everything was taken care of and repaired when it needed repairs.

  • Ig14rolla@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Lol you’re either a terrible mechanic or these people are just having car issues. Most likely it’s just normal car issues that happen with age there’s no real reason to this.

  • 4x4Welder@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have some Freightliners with the GM 6.6 gas engine that drink a quart or two in a few thousand miles. It’s not great, and now with a 10k change interval with a 5w30 I’m sure they are going to go through far more.

    • Winter-Direction144@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I didn’t see any consistencies - an Audi, 2019 traverse (albeit only half quart missing), older Lexus es300, a few more

  • Legal_Wrapsack@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Older cars and certain engines gonna consume oil doesn’t always come to a mechanical issue that’s just how they run. Some consume oil like a rotary tho lol

  • air-carguy@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Im surprised that no one mentioned this before. People just don’t check their engine oil level.

  • Winter-Direction144@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Of all the cars, the one that stumped me the most is a 2013 Honda accord. They burn oil? I was asked to review the car and it was spotless minutes the fact that it only had 2 quarts of oil. As far as I know, the proper amount of oil was placed in. The owner likes to floor it often I’m not sure if that contributes to the loss of oil