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Originally Posted by maggie1
This whole issue of burning oil has me wondering if it is being "burned"? It sounds more like a leak than anything, or perhaps it needs a ring job. Whenever my car's closed in on the 5,000 mile change period, the oil measured pretty close to full, but was very dirty. Burning a quart of oil every 1,000 miles seems excessive. I'd be concerned that there was another problem consuming the oil.
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I doubt that my car needs a ring job, there is no smoke streaming out of the exhaust, and there is no evidence of a leak. The car runs fine. The mechanic who changed my oil was not at all surprised that a car would using that much oil. I thought that I didn't need to pay much attention to the oil level as long as I had regular oil changes and the oil light didn't come on. Apparently, this is no longer true. In the past, I have rarely added much oil to my vehicles, maybe one quart between oil changes.