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Oil Consumption

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Replace with the 996

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Use about .75l every 5k miles

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With normal driving my 996 uses about .75L every 5k miles.
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Use about .75l every 5k miles

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With normal driving my 996 uses about .75L every 5k miles.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

What's a healthy versus problematic rate of oil consumption on a broken-in '02 or '03 996?

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As no one has given any thoughts, I will make the following observation. For 993's, Porsche acceptable oil consumption is 600 miles per quart of oil. I'm afraid I do not know whether this spec. changed with the 996. Your dealer should be able to give you that number. The 993 figure came out of a service manual my dealer showed me.

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The 996 Service Information publication list the following: Oil Consumption Maximum 1.0L/1000km Oil consumption varies with each individual car, how hard you drive it, type of driving, etc. but if it reached the maximum listed above then you probably have a problem. With normal driving my 996 uses about .75L every 5k miles.

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