it's been perfectly normal for 996tt's since i've been reading about them ('02).. my car eats a little more w/ a rebuilt engine. nature of the beast.

- chuck

 

I wonder if running regular oil for the first 1-2k miles would have fixed this problem?

 

I don't think a subaru is a flat 6 though(?), my new 997TT used about 1/2 a qt so far with 1600 miles, breaking in by the book. Of course it was a bit down when I picked it up. We'll see.

 

Wow, mine must be an abnormality! in no way it consumes the amount of oil you guys are describing, and never ever blows smoke, knock on the wood.

 

Normal, No leaks,no bad seals, no drips on the garage, 1 qt per 1500 miles. Thats the way it is.

 

Any car with a flat motor will leak some oil into the cylinders on shut down, that is the small puff of smoke you see at start up.
It is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about.

 

I do not believe that they use the same coatings in the cylinder walls that Mahle does hence the consumption is not going to be the same. Since the introduction of nickasl (sp) the consumption of 1 quart to every 600 Kilometers is acceptable by Porsche standards
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hey chuck.. it was 300miles or break-in before we went to fully synthetic

 

Funny msubaru never ate oil! This is just crazy honestly 1 quart per 1k miles. Did I miss somewhere that we are driving 2 strokes

 

Its normal, its also normal that on some mornings on start up it will blow white smoke, It wouldnt be normal if your shifting at 2500 rpm all the time, buy it enjoy it and keep 2 qrts of oil in the car at all times.Some ppl just like to scare you, its NORMAL.

 

not sure if you were referring to the general problem or mine in particular (your post was right after mine) but we ran regular oil for the first 3k miles and then switched to synthetic. like i said earlier, nature of the beast.

- chuck

 

Mine does it too! Just funny though subaru's have the same setup and thate don't eat oil.