Does your 996 burn oil?

Ive never had a porsche use oil but my current car has gone through a quart in 2 DE events? Is this with in normal expectations? Car has 13k miles on it and is an x51 motor. Thanks

not uncommon. I wouldn't think that you are "burning" synthetic oil. More than likely blowing out the tailpipe. Just keep it topped off and you will be ok.

90k miles on my engine and I don't lose any oil between changes at 10k intervals.

Uber, do you track your car?

Mine does. No track time, although I do drive a little aggressively . . . Never a drop on the garage floor. I have searched most sites, and the range varies a huge amount, from none (as in uber's reply) to a qt per 1000 miles. Some claim break-in problems, while others followed the break-in procedure and still burn some oil.

Yes, although its difficult to define in terms of quart/mileage, since a lot of my mileage consists of track driving. A quart every two DE weekends is probably about right for me. There have been other threads like this previously and if I recall, a majority of the posters posted their cars burned no oil.

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First track day was during this last change. I didn't notice any difference in oil level after the track day.

Porsche sez that burning 1qt in 600 miles is within spec.... get real Porsche!

I put in about a quart every 5K miles (oil changes) and this makes the electronic gauge sit right up above the top line (reman engine).

5 or so track days a year and 55k kms on my car. no oil burning between changes (changes ever 5-6k kms)

Don't know how aggressive driving you were doing at those DE events, but 2 days running 'er near redline is probably equivalent to a month of typical street driving. Looking at your signature, kind of surprised you've never seen a P-car consume a little oil?

No issues here, the oil level is constantly the same

I go through a quart every thousand miles or so, less if there are track days involved. 68K now, 29K when I got it in 05. Been the same consumption since I bought it. No other issues, knock on wood.

i see no correlation between engine that burns oil to better overall health/performance, engine that does not burn oil to better health/performance it's more of an annoyance to check and refill, but then it's good practice in a sense, too.

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Thanks--actually nice to hear I am not alone . . .

I only notice oil consumption when driving redline at DE/AX. I really do not pay attention to the volume of makeup oil I put in. Think about the vacuum a cylinder generates at high RPMs compared to normal driving in the 2-3k rpm range and some oil is bound to get sucked through the seals/rings.

Thanks for everyones feedback. Guess I will stock up!

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What?

I have to put about a quart in every month or two

Mine is in good order. AX in 2nd gear up to redline all day, 3 AXs so far and little oil consumption. No leak and 1 quart every 10K miles between oil change.

At 96,000 miles I usually have to add one quart between changes which is a quart every 5,000 miles.

My 2000 C2 (43,000 miles) does not burn a drop. Maybe looses one bar, which is totally insignificant, between oil changes.

I have 40k km on my 03 C4S. I used to use Mobil 1 0-40, it consumes 1/2 quat for about 90 min track time. This year I use Motul 300V and slightly less consumption, about 1/3 quat for 130min track time. Engine runs fine. I know 2 other C2 (track only) and their engines did not consume any oil at all!!!!

114,000 miles, redline every single day, and don't burn any oil at all between changes 5k-7.5k miles. Electronic gauge is always full, and dipstick confirms. I would be really bummed if my car burned a quart every 1000miles - that is just too much. That means the rings aren't seated properly and oil is getting by and burning off. If the rings aren't seated properly, then there is slightly less compression, and blow-by gases are getting into the internals. Not gonna make the engine blow up or anything, but it isn't good for it, either.