Hello, Need help. I have a 2016 Subaru Forester with 80,000 miles that goes through a quart of oil at about 4000-5000 miles. I am the original owner and had a oil consumption test done with the Subaru dealer where I bought the car and was told that this is normal. Never had a car before that ate th…

Consuming 1 qt of oil in 4,000-5,000 miles can be considered to be within a normal range, even if your previous cars didn’t consume oil at that rate. By comparison, when owners of late-model Audis complain about their engines consuming oil at a rate of 1 qt every 600 miles, they are told by the Aud…

RELAX!!! That type of oil consumption is entirely normal! Neither the dealer nor manufacturer will give you much of a hearing.

Agreed there’s not much to worry about. But; the questions I have involve the mileage on your oil change regimen and how often do you raise the hood to check the engine oil level between oil changes. Both of those could have an effect on oil consumption.

[image] boskomatic007: 2016 Subaru Forester with 80,000 miles that goes through a quart of oil at about 4000-5000 miles I used to have 5 Subarus in the past, and your consumption is well within the limits. Subaru manual tells not to worry if you are under one quart for 1000 miles, but it is …

andriy.fomenko: I settled on Valvoline SyperSyn 10w30 I would not use any oil except that listed in the owner’s manual. You would void the warrantee. I believe that is 0w20 full synthetic,

[image] BillRussell: I believe that is 0w20 full synthetic, well, the rest of the logic still applies. you want to have as low volatility as possible among valid choices on viscosity and API grade 10W30 used to be the one for EJ engines before FB seems to require 0W20: https://techinfo.suba…

[image] boskomatic007: I am the original owner and had a oil consumption test done with the Subaru dealer where I bought the car and was told that this is normal. It isn’t normal on a Subie with 80K on the clock. It’s excellent. The only thing I’d recommend is making sure you never let the o…

Frankly, my first instinct was that you are pulling our collective leg. A quart every 4-5K miles? Having 80K miles on a 2016? Do you ever get out of your car??

[image] NYBo: Having 80K miles on a 2016? Do you ever get out of your car?? Isn’t that a good question!

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George_San_Jose1 February 26, 2017, 1:52am 11

Concur, that’s not just normal oil usage, that is an oil usage rate everyone would like to have for their vehicles. Especially newer ones, which tend to use more oil b/c of the thinner oils they use to boost mpg. Put this worry behind you.

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