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My car burns more fuel and meth than it does oil. I only loose about 1/4 qt (if any at all) between 3k or less oil changes.

Most new car owners care more about fuel mileage and can not even find the dipstick let alone know what it is for. Everyone now relies on idiot lights for oil, tire air pressure and brake pads.

 

Maybe the oil God's are punishing those who drive Panameras? Could it be that direct injection plays a part? Maybe the manufacturer's have come up with cars that self oil change?

Yes that is a high usage rate & that is troubling, but what is even more troubling is that very many owners never lift their hood & pull a dipstick. Not even the automotive experts at Consumer Reports.

 

I use a lot of oil because I change it every 3k because I also run Meth.

 

I wonder if manufactures are designing engines a little looser, especially in the piston/cylinder contact area to reduce friction and improve gas mileage figures. In general the manufacture does not care that the consumer has to add oil and the consumer only sees fuel mileage numbers, not oil consumption, when purchasing a new car.

 

Nope...
It's because they consolidated their engine ears....
Bunch of 2 cycle engine ears are running the show now....

 

It was explained to me with the VW 1.8T that I had in my Audi TT Quattro that the cylinder walls were designed to be microscopically porous in order to make the oil sick and be consumed and burn off some of the oil for some purpose that that I have suddenly forgotten while typing this out. So carry on. ostcount

 

Oil Usage

Interesting. In the old days cars used a quart every couple thousand miles. Now my 2006 MCS stays at the same oil level until changed - 9,000 miles or so, with 0-W30. Any oil usage is imperceptible. Are we going back to the old days? Maybe the first Gen is still the best bullet-proof engine ever used in a Mini. I understand it is a Neon motor made for European market.

--Russ

 

Will the BSH dual tap and BSH Mini Cooper R56 Competition Catch Can effect my 6-year/120,000 mile warranty? Also will my local Irvine CA Mini/BMW dealer have a problem with these components?

Appreciate it!

 

Oil usage

2009 R56 manual with 44,000 miles. BSH oil catch can driven 50 miles daily and vitually no oil usage. When I drain the can, it's 95 percent condensation. A bit more oil in winter months. I change my oil every 5000 miles.

 

My 08 MCS burns virtually no oil between changes.... But I only have 33K miles on the clock.

 

Rab, my R53 didn't use any oil and neither have either of my N14 JCW's.

 

My R53 does not use oil. If mine burning oil was I'd just keep checking & adding. They will run a long way & be OK as long you keep the level correct.

 

opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

Jason

 

I just installed my AEM intake system on my 2007 MCS, when I unclipped the PCV hose from the turbos inlet there was plenty of oil leaking out. Why on earth would manufactures design a PCV system that burns large amounts of oil? What's in it for them, money from oil companies in these bad economic times?

 

:cornut: An OCC would keep that out of your intake and used in conjunction with a BSH dual tap, all of the crank case blow by would be kept out of you intake system.

Jason

 

This is a common trait in pre-LCI Prince engines, and was onerous enough to warrant the design change that occurred with the 2011 model year.

I've owned three MINIs ('05 N12, '11 N18, and '13 N16) and have never had to add a drop of oil between ~5K mile oil changes in any of them. No perceptible oil consumption. Just lucky I guess.

 

:cornut: MINI of Dallas thought that my OCC and Dual Boost Tap were a good solution to the carbon problem and never had any problems with this mod warranty wise.

Jason

I just realized that you're in California. So with that in mind, I don't know what the CA Air Gestapo would think about this. Before you buy, ask the OCC dealer whether it's CA approved.

 

I would ask the folks at the dealer that services your MINI. Most would not have an issue with those mods. They are not for power, but for longevity of your engine.

 

My '05 MCS never really burned a measurable amount of oil, and I was on a 4-5k interval for changes as well. :confused5: I suppose I must have been lucky as well. Curious to see how my CM JCW does when it gets here.