1/2 quart every 500 miles?
Yeah, I think it's leaking into the turbo (I know this has been discussed ad nauseum all over here). When I take a hard right turn I can SEE it burning oil, but that seems to be the only time you can visually confirm that it's burning oil. I started out running the...
Is this about what every one else is using?
I think it's kinda funny my old car was a 99 ZX2 Escort which was a Ford body with a Mazda engine and it didn't burn a drop.
Now I have the car I love, which coincidentally, has a Mazda body with a Ford engine and uses oil like my old 5.0 Mustang...
Mine is bone stock and smokes on hard RH turns!
Mine is an 07' Speed 3
mfr early 07 (I will post the exact date later)
currently has just over 8,000 on it.
No mods whatsoever except the solid shifter bushings.
It only smokes when taking a hard right hand corner, usually at about 3,000 plus...