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I checked with my dealership and they thought that this was normal behavior, so I wouldn't worry about your father's Porsche's oil consumption yet.

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I checked with my dealership and they thought that this was normal behavior, so I wouldn't worry about your father's Porsche's oil consumption yet.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

So, about a week and a half ago my father took delivery of his new '04 C4S Cabrio. When he picked it up, the digital oil level indicator said that it was one bar below where it needs to be. Now, after driving only 300 miles, the indicator is showing that the car is down 1/2 a quart. Is this a normal part of the break in procedure? His other car is an '01 M5 and he has had to put a quart of oil in every 2,500 miles because that beast just sucks it down. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

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Oh there are many many good posts out there on oil consumption so do a search and you'll find many hours of reading on what other people are experiencing. (I have had to top-off with 1.5 quarts in the first 3K miles for mine.) - Michael

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my C4 never consumed much oil, even during the break-in period. i would add a half quart every 8K miles or so, but that's it.

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8 quarts with 7000miles...OPC assure me it's normal.

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My '03 C4S consumed approximately 1 quart of oil every thousand miles for the first four thousand miles. After that the oil consumption steadily dropped so that now with seven thousand miles it hardly consumes any oil at all. I checked with my dealership and they thought that this was normal behavior, so I wouldn't worry about your father's Porsche's oil consumption yet. If it continues after the break in period or gets worse, I'd have it checked out at that point, however.

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