[Migs 1-9]

My '07 Limited (4 cylinder) had the High Oil Consumption fix done in 2016 - the owner (who bought it new) had it done at the selling dealership then sold the car to me.

What does the "High Oil Consumption" fix entail? -never heard of that as a coined procedure

 

[Muon_decay]

Here’s another suggestion for your oil consumption issue: try changing oil brands. I’ve got an Audi Q5 Hybrid which used about a half-quart of oil between changed until I switched to Mobil 1. I’ve had no oil use/loss between changes since.

 

[kevcules46]

What does the "High Oil Consumption" fix entail? -never heard of that as a coined procedure

The "fix" is for the dealership to change the engine pistons and piston rings to a newer style with larger oil galleries. My engine was done and it makes a day and night difference in oil consumption and power. Almost no oil consumption now even though the mechanic said the fix is supposed to slow the consumption, not stop it??

 

[ruggb]

My '07 Limited (4 cylinder) had the High Oil Consumption fix done in 2016 - the owner (who bought it new) had it done at the selling dealership then sold the car to me.

The car now has 175,000 miles and uses about 1/2 a quart between changes (essentially nothing, I'd say). I've been running Pennzoil 5w-20 Conventional and decided to give the Pennzoil 5w-20 High Mileage Conventional a try. Can't hurt, right? And it was on sale!

Just wondering if/when that might take care of the 1/2 quart it's using between changes? Or is that asking too much? Thanks!

I read a post from someone who was burning about 1 qt/1000 miles. He switched over to synthetic and the oil consumption went to 0 in about 3-5 oil changes @ 5000 mile intervals. No idea on other details.