so i went out and spent like $3 on a bottle of stop leak/burning oil magic stuff just to see if that makes a difference, on the bottle it says to add it to the normal amount of oil, isnt that bad? shouldnt i be adding it in place of oil?
Losing Oil, possibly burning it?
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justanotheradikt
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i put some in....mine was really thin....i was like wtf? but hey lets see if it works.
i had similiar problem happen to me a few months ago.
hammered it on a tight left turn.
Light went on, lucky i was 1min from home, checked dipstick, it was dry!!!!
added until it was full.
I pretty much check oil twice a week now..pain in the ass...since changing oil 5000km ago, ive had to add in 1.5qt. Like you i see no evidence of leaking oil.
And yeh...out of warranty too. (boom07)
hammered it on a tight left turn.
Light went on, lucky i was 1min from home, checked dipstick, it was dry!!!!
added until it was full.
I pretty much check oil twice a week now..pain in the ass...since changing oil 5000km ago, ive had to add in 1.5qt. Like you i see no evidence of leaking oil.
And yeh...out of warranty too. (boom07)
zoomzoom02
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The same EXACT thing happened to me. Then my engine went because of starvation. Get it checked. Mine did it at 50,563 miles, but it was under warranty(Extended).
Everyones Protege is actually burning oil. Sometimes a lot. The reason most people don't notice it is because we have 2 catalytic converters. They burn off any trace signs of the oil blowing by the piston rings and burning up in the cylinders. When I rebuilt my first motor from oil starvation, which had over 80,000 miles on it, the cylinder walls were trashed. I had some clearence problems on my second motor from the machine shop so it burned a lot of oil as well, but this time I noticed it since I had installed one hi-flow cat and a side exit exaust. The single cat couldn't burn up all the oil residue so I got a lot of smoke. I thought it was the valve seals since I hadn't repleced them when I ported my head, but even after changing them out it was still burning the same amount of oil. I ended up tearing that motor down after only a few monthes to find that the bore job I got was sloppy and the rings couldn't seat in. So now I'm on my 3rd motor this year. If you are adding a bunch of oil between oil changes it is probably time to pull the motor and have the rings redone.
SilverBulletES
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I had to add a quart of Mobile 1 at the 3K mile mark this time (41K total).
Probably had something to do with putting 2100 miles on my car in 2 1/2 days and it being stuffed with 500(?) or more pounds of stuff. On day 2 I drove 1050 miles. And that was the day I was in New Mexico and Arizona and I was cruising b/n 75 and 90 with all that stuff in my car. Gotta love the unenforced 75mph speed limit in those states. The last day I got to 125 (indicated) following a BMW in the middle of the desert just south of the Hoover Dam. I could see for a mile and it was flat, no worries. I was amazed how stable the Protege was at that speed. Never taken it over 110 before. It was much less scary than my old SE-R.
I'm going to do an oil change tomorrow and hope my oil consumption returns to normal.
Probably had something to do with putting 2100 miles on my car in 2 1/2 days and it being stuffed with 500(?) or more pounds of stuff. On day 2 I drove 1050 miles. And that was the day I was in New Mexico and Arizona and I was cruising b/n 75 and 90 with all that stuff in my car. Gotta love the unenforced 75mph speed limit in those states. The last day I got to 125 (indicated) following a BMW in the middle of the desert just south of the Hoover Dam. I could see for a mile and it was flat, no worries. I was amazed how stable the Protege was at that speed. Never taken it over 110 before. It was much less scary than my old SE-R.
I'm going to do an oil change tomorrow and hope my oil consumption returns to normal.
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i did my last oil change with some of the 15,000 mile oil in hopes that it will burn a little slower. i did that a couple weeks ago and so far i seem to be doing ok...i havent checked it this week, but i have had the light come on yet...
according2me
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Hello all, I'm new to Mazda, but not to vehicle maintenance.
Wow, this thread is really discouraging. I bought a 99LX 1.6L for my daughter earlier this year w/47K miles and now at ~60K it still has no oil consumption. It does have a slow leak from somewhere (might be the front crank seal) and the bottom of the oil pan does get some wetness, but at 4K intervals the oil still registers at the full mark, so it is a slow leak for now. On that point, does Mazda usually use a crush washer on their 1.6L oil drains. I've done several oil changes and this did come to my attention because my Accord uses one.
It seems the only issue with the 1.6L was the MAF (I believe this was taken care of by the original owner) and possibly a weak auto tranny that may require frequent drain/refills (not a problem because of the tranny drain plug).
From browsing this forum for several months, it seems the 2.0L is more problematic.
I drove her Protege to her last May (~320 mile trip) and I must say I was very impressed with the ride and handling. And the interior and appointments compare very well with my '01 Accord LX. I was surprised, this is definitely a nice little sedan and I'll keep the "3" 5dr in mind for my next purchase, but Honda is finally bringing the Jazz over so we'll see.
Wow, this thread is really discouraging. I bought a 99LX 1.6L for my daughter earlier this year w/47K miles and now at ~60K it still has no oil consumption. It does have a slow leak from somewhere (might be the front crank seal) and the bottom of the oil pan does get some wetness, but at 4K intervals the oil still registers at the full mark, so it is a slow leak for now. On that point, does Mazda usually use a crush washer on their 1.6L oil drains. I've done several oil changes and this did come to my attention because my Accord uses one.
It seems the only issue with the 1.6L was the MAF (I believe this was taken care of by the original owner) and possibly a weak auto tranny that may require frequent drain/refills (not a problem because of the tranny drain plug).
From browsing this forum for several months, it seems the 2.0L is more problematic.
I drove her Protege to her last May (~320 mile trip) and I must say I was very impressed with the ride and handling. And the interior and appointments compare very well with my '01 Accord LX. I was surprised, this is definitely a nice little sedan and I'll keep the "3" 5dr in mind for my next purchase, but Honda is finally bringing the Jazz over so we'll see.
justanotheradikt
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uh oh....looks like mazda engineering is gonna strike again!!!
