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On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 20:43, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > > Anyway we get to the dealer, and I ask the guy behind the counter about it, > and he says-the engine can burn a quart per 1000 miles and still be within > spec, he then went on to say it had something to do with fuel efficiency > etc. > > I don't buy it. How could you possibly engineer an automobile, that would > burn a quart of oil per 1000 miles and still be within spec. My VW's don't > burn that much oil, and they get better mileage that this new Audi. > > Anyone else ever heard this? > > I hate to say it, but most car manufacturers say something similar to this. VW, when I was at the dealers said that 1 qt every 750 miles was not excessive oil consumption. This is an out for them when it comes to oil use. BUT, my 1992 Dakota pickup does use/leak a quart every 1500 miles. But it has 160,000 miles on it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org