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Cake day: October 23rd, 2023

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  • Mechanic here. First of all before you try anything. What oil are you putting in the car? I had a Subaru with bad oil consumption that almost completely stopped when I switched from 5w30 mobil 1 to 5w40 Rotella t6. It won’t hurt anything to try. I’ve done this a few times with older cars and the consumption usually decreases significantly. Some oil brands evaporate a lot easier than others and I have owned many old shitboxes that consumed oil.

    Even in my current dodge ram, I was getting some oil consumption with 5w20 while towing my camper every weekend, so I switched to 5w40 and it has stopped.

    It doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s anything significantly wrong with the engine. Usually with age the tolerances are a little bit larger and a heavier oil helps to first of all stop the wear and also take up those slightly larger clearances. The heavier oil can also resist vaporizing over time.