# 2012 Volvo S60 oil consumption

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-volvo-s60-oil-consumption/119122>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** s60, volvo\
**Created:** [June 12, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-volvo-s60-oil-consumption/119122 "2018-06-12T17:26:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![clark281](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@clark281](https://community.cartalk.com/u/clark281)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-volvo-s60-oil-consumption/119122/1 "2018-06-12T17:26:30Z")

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Burning oil volvo s60 t5 ,purchased 3 months ago engine sounds good rides like a charm just worried about oil consumption.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-volvo-s60-oil-consumption/119122/2 "2018-06-13T01:39:04Z")

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How much oil? Or how many miles between adding a quart of oil?

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-volvo-s60-oil-consumption/119122/3 "2018-06-13T02:25:34Z")

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Burning oil usually means the piston rings. If the consumption appears to be somewhat excessive you may now have discovered why someone decided to rid themselves of the car.

And yes, and engine can appear to run fine even with a ring problem.