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gentle and thorough running in
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Although not a Porshe owner, I suspect gentle and thorough running in to be the 'cause' of low oil consumption!
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Fairly hard driven, but then I don't use the same Mobil 1 as you guys (we use slightly thicker Mobil 1 in the heat).
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I have run mine from collecting it with 8 miles to the current 3,200 miles.....through the running in period I was checking it every 200 miles and I have added less than 1/2 a litre of Mobil 1 to keep it at the upper end of the dip stick measurement.
I don't get the impression they burn much oil!
Ditto. 10k miles from new in a Carrera 2 and still holding onto a one litre bottle of Mobil 1, which is about 2/3 empty now. Fairly hard driven, but then I don't use the same Mobil 1 as you guys (we use slightly thicker Mobil 1 in the heat).
Although not a Porshe owner, I suspect gentle and thorough running in to be the 'cause' of low oil consumption!
Alfas such as mine are renowned for liking the black stuff, but mine hasn't used a drop (other than changing at service intervals) since 8000 miles (now at 26500)...
Congratulate yourself
I'd like to take the credit but like I said, the car had 43K on the clock when I got it. I've personally thrashed the b*ll***s off it since then !
Only joking if any potential buyers in a couple of months time are reading.
I think something's wrong with my 996 C2.
I've had the car since Feb '02 and have covered 9K miles. The total mileage is now 52K. (
I know.) The car had it's 48K service at AFN in September.
Anyway, I have never had to add any oil at all. The level hovers between maximum or one notch lower all the time.
What about you guys ?
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