# Burning "4 quarts" of oil a day? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** dakota, dodge\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872 "2016-09-27T23:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/21 "2016-09-28T12:52:51Z")
> [@lion9car](#): > > If your friend has been spending $20 per day on oil for the last 40,000 miles, he could have bought a new engine (or even a new car) for that money +1 Usually, the automotive-related lies/fibs/exaggerations that people tell are in regard to gas mileage (drastically overstating their actual mpgs) or travel time (drastically understating how long it takes them to drive from point A to point B), but the OP’s friend has apparently found a new automotive topic about which to lie. I have no idea about WHY somebody would lie like that, but the bottom line is that the guy is lying. If he was really burning through 4 qts of oil per day, then his garage would have to look like a warehouse for oil containers. If this guy doesn’t have cases of motor oil stacked up to the ceiling–and if his recycling container isn’t filled to the brim with empty oil containers–that provides the evidence that the OP’s friend is a liar. ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/22 "2016-09-28T15:36:10Z")
> [@Gisler51](#): > > burning 4 quarts of oil a day very unlikely story. With that much oil consumption, who needs gasoline? ---
**Author:** ![andyport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@andyport](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andyport)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/23 "2016-10-05T04:08:49Z")
That is an outrageous amount of oil!! I had a Sonata that went through a quart every 700 or so miles and I ended up getting a free new engine from Hyundai (cause it was on a recall list) ``` He uses 4 qts. every 25 miles???? Some info on this needs to be clarified...........what's this 2500 miles stuff. Get the facts of the situation correct ``` cause 4 qts. must just run right out of his truck within minutes. If this is true, problem would be obvious (crack or hole in engine block). ``` Hard to help without clearer description of problem. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/24 "2016-10-05T05:59:33Z")
4 quarts in 2500 miles is one quart every 625 miles, close to the oil consumption of your much newer Hyundai. The repair on the Dodge probably won’t involve an engine replacement unless it has been driven with no oil. ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/25 "2016-10-05T08:18:42Z")
The claim is 400 quarts in 2,500 miles, not 4. ---
**Author:** ![andyport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@andyport](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andyport)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/26 "2016-10-05T19:37:37Z")
The posting said accord every 25 miles! ---
**Author:** ![andyport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@andyport](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andyport)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/27 "2016-10-05T19:42:33Z")
A quart every 25 miles did not say 2500, was not clear ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/28 "2016-10-05T19:56:42Z")
> [@Gisler51](#): > > burning 4 quarts of oil a day. Note that he only drives roughly 25 miles a day. you make a bad witness…read again POs original post ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/29 "2016-10-05T22:07:56Z")
It is implausible that the engine consumed 4 quarts of oil the day it reaches 2500 miles since each oil change, it is likely that it runs out of oil after 2500 miles. The claim of consuming 4 quarts in one day is a tale. ---
**Author:** ![familyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@familyguy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/familyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/30 "2017-01-12T13:16:32Z")
year ago my friend told me he had a 1966 ford falcons he drove from his home town to atlanta georgia about 210 miles and he said he use 32 quarts of oils. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/31 "2017-01-12T14:00:42Z")
I’m wondering what the original OP’s friend had been smoking or drinking when he made that statement. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/32 "2017-01-12T16:10:13Z")
I’m smelling a big pile of troll excrement. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/33 "2017-01-12T17:44:39Z")
@familyguy This thread was Troll fiction from the start. Why would you even add to it? ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/34 "2017-01-12T21:02:25Z")
> [@familyguy](#): > > year ago my friend told me he had a 1966 ford falcons he drove from his home town to atlanta georgia about 210 miles and he said he use 32 quarts of oils. Was he pouring the oil in the gas tank? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/35 "2017-01-13T03:48:42Z")
32 quarts of oil in 210 miles is a might excessive on the oil use. But I do recall seeing cars on the road in those days of pre-emissions testing yore that looked more like rolling chimneys. I’m talking a lot, a huge amount, of really thick black smoke coming out of the tailpipe as the car rolls down the road through town at 25 mph. Now-a-days I never see that. 32 quarts in 210 miles … what’s that? About 7 miles per quart? Even with a huge cloud of black smoke, that does seem a little far fetched, but possible maybe. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/36 "2017-01-13T05:11:02Z")
What are you doing? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/37 "2017-01-13T05:40:45Z")
All I can say is that in over 60 years I’ve never ever had anybody tell me something wrong, exaggerate, or even lie. I believe everything everyone has told me-ever. Um, except . . .😁 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/38 "2017-01-13T05:51:17Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > What are you doing? Each of us? I’m watching television, there is a Bogart film coming on in ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/39 "2017-01-13T05:53:26Z")
My question was directed SPECIFICALLY at George I thought he would take the hint and answer WHY he’s keeping this totally debunked discussion alive We already concluded that the 4qts/day oil consumption was a complete fabrication, with absolutely no basis in reality ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872/40 "2017-01-13T11:53:49Z")
That’s burning half as much oil as gasoline. Quite a smoke cloud. If he isn’t being pulled over regularly, perhaps he should be. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-4-quarts-of-oil-a-day/95872.md?page=3)