Burning oil "" they all do"¦
Still early days for me with my new 993 i.e. only 6 weeks so I'm still building familiarity with its many quirks. And on this, I have an impression ( not exactly science yet) that I am burning a lot more oil that I would expect. I am told they burn oil and this can vary a great deal depending on car, age, miles, driving style, oil being used, how it is parked?, etc. Hard to tell for sure as have only done 600 miles to date ( I am now well versed in the correct stick reading regime so this is not the variable). I have just done 2 200+ miles runs in past week ( note the sun arrived at last). First nearly all motorway and easy driving "" checked oil before and after and used no oil. Did a spirited 200 mile A road journey yesterday and seems to me that oil has dropped 1" on the stick which I guess would be ¼ of a litre. Is this normal or should I start worrying. Car has only 48k miles, full OPC record, drives very well, no smoke at start up and no oil on garage floor when left, running Mobile 1. Do get a slight oily smell when run hard as yesterday once I stopped and went to do my dipstick thing.
I have read forum comments which seem to indicate large variations is oil use and even figures of 1ltr per 1k miles as being not unusual and nothing to worry about.
Any informed experience/feedback welcome "" good or bad.
Still early days for me with my new 993 i.e. only 6 weeks so I'm still building familiarity with its many quirks. And on this, I have an impression ( not exactly science yet) that I am burning a lot more oil that I would expect. I am told they burn oil and this can vary a great deal depending on car, age, miles, driving style, oil being used, how it is parked?, etc. Hard to tell for sure as have only done 600 miles to date ( I am now well versed in the correct stick reading regime so this is not the variable). I have just done 2 200+ miles runs in past week ( note the sun arrived at last). First nearly all motorway and easy driving "" checked oil before and after and used no oil. Did a spirited 200 mile A road journey yesterday and seems to me that oil has dropped 1" on the stick which I guess would be ¼ of a litre. Is this normal or should I start worrying. Car has only 48k miles, full OPC record, drives very well, no smoke at start up and no oil on garage floor when left, running Mobile 1. Do get a slight oily smell when run hard as yesterday once I stopped and went to do my dipstick thing.
I have read forum comments which seem to indicate large variations is oil use and even figures of 1ltr per 1k miles as being not unusual and nothing to worry about.
Any informed experience/feedback welcome "" good or bad.