Oil consumption, dirty exhaust and an answer from a Mazda mechanic
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The OC caused me to pick up a quart of Mazda moly oil at the time of this post and added the 8 ozs to bring it right to the top fill mark. In a months time and over 1300 miles no usage whatsoever. It appears it was slightly off full mark when I bought it.
Started getting awful MPG the last 3 tanks. over 5mpg less than normal. Less than 3k miles on this oil change (15k miles total)
Check the oil and its barely registering at the bottom of the dipstick. Probably a little over a quart in 3k miles. So apparently on my new CX-5 this is "normal"
"To be considered abnormal, oil consumption must be 1 quarter per 1500 miles"
so in a standard 7500 mile oil change interval, there will be NO oil left, and thats apparently jolly-ok by mazda.
I have a feeling my love affair with this car is about to abruptly end.
my 160k miata didnt burn this much oi
Check the oil and its barely registering at the bottom of the dipstick. Probably a little over a quart in 3k miles. So apparently on my new CX-5 this is "normal"
"To be considered abnormal, oil consumption must be 1 quarter per 1500 miles"
so in a standard 7500 mile oil change interval, there will be NO oil left, and thats apparently jolly-ok by mazda.
I have a feeling my love affair with this car is about to abruptly end.
my 160k miata didnt burn this much oi
