I understand your position. I am not sure what I’m suppoesed to do in your opinion. You insist that I go by the factory recommendations when it comes to consumption oil and have told me to read the manual as to maintenance. I don’t think I can adopt some ideas and reject others. The dealer has parameters that they have to go by. I’m not frustrated but my hands are tied. In 20k miles when the warranty is up and if there is still a problem a may tear into it myself. The dealer noted compression readings and craking speed with throttle open but they did not indicate cyl leakage precentages or wet comp. readings. I think they should have tried a little harder to diagnose. The service manager/writer he’s a manger that answers the phone and handles customers, It’s not something I’m used to.)again kept us standing and rushed us out to an extent and when I tried too ask technical questions he tried to glaze over them. He was busy and I can understand and what he was able to answer sounded reasonable. I don’t understand why we have never had a CSI call and never had to sign for a repair or at pickup. I think they are running it as a shop ticket. It’s fishy. Could the readings be crap? Quite possible. In 500 miles when I change the breakin oil I plan to throw a gauge on it and check. Thanks.
Actually, there is a misinterpretation about my positions.
As to oil consumption, I realize that many car makers claim this to be normal. It may be normal in their eyes but in my opinion there’s a problem. All of my cars and my family members cars get driven, a lot. None of us have oil consumption problems no matter the make. With 3500 hundred mile oil changes it was difficult to tell if the vehicles used any at all and we’re talking cars with 250k miles and up.
Even my old Mercury which I sold at 420k miles was still running well but it was going through about a quart per 600 miles. Even that was mostly due to an aged leaky rear main seal that I just flat did not want to mess with.
As to owners manual recommendations, my position on them is that some things are correct and many are not. Those manuals are produced by the marketing dept. who want people to have the perception their car needs little if anything. From trans fluid change intervals to valve lash inspection to fuel filter changes, much of it is ill-advised.
In the first part of the thread you referenced the dealer doing a compression test and to your credit you asked about a wet test. Why they did not do this I have no idea. Whenver I’ve run a comp. test and saw a potential problem I get another comp. tester and run it a second, or even third, time to make sure there’s no gauge error, etc. A wet test is mandatory. There’s no way I would ever consider going into an engine without a wet test first.
Stay on top of this thing and keep us informed; especially about any oil consumption problems. I genuinely hope that it’s solved. 