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YACT: Is this abnormal oil consumption for a new car?

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Hmm...well something interesting happened yesterday. Another 100 or so miles later, I took my car out for a wash. It was off for about 15 minutes or so, then I checked the oil again and it was FULL! Previous times I had waited over an hour before checking. Something funny going on there, but at least I don't feel so bad about it anymore...I mean, cars don't make oil. Must have been a false alarm. Not sure why that happened.
 
Also, oil consumption does tend to be a bit higher during break-in.
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Yeah, once it gets broken in completely, clearances go down between moving surfaces and it should consume less oil.
 
Originally posted by: Snatchface
Hmm...well something interesting happened yesterday. Another 100 or so miles later, I took my car out for a wash. It was off for about 15 minutes or so, then I checked the oil again and it was FULL! Previous times I had waited over an hour before checking. Something funny going on there, but at least I don't feel so bad about it anymore...I mean, cars don't make oil. Must have been a false alarm. Not sure why that happened.
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Make sure you check your fluids on level ground. That's the only explination I can think of.
 
If you have a blown head gasket water will get in your oil and make it appear to rise in level.
Also, this may sound funny but sometimes one side of your dipstick will show higher than the other. This happens all three of my vehicles. You need to clean the dipstick very well, make sure it is good and dry. Look at both side of the dipstick and go with this side that has a "clean cut" level. One side will have surface tension where the oil stops the other will just kind of runout.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Snatchface
Hmm...well something interesting happened yesterday. Another 100 or so miles later, I took my car out for a wash. It was off for about 15 minutes or so, then I checked the oil again and it was FULL! Previous times I had waited over an hour before checking. Something funny going on there, but at least I don't feel so bad about it anymore...I mean, cars don't make oil. Must have been a false alarm. Not sure why that happened.
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Make sure you check your fluids on level ground. That's the only explination I can think of.
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Believe it or not I really did take all that stuff into consideration before I posted initially. It was on level ground, the dipstick was all the way in, and I checked both sides. Very odd. I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth though. I'll take it.
 
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