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I'm convinced New Jersey is a cancer now (besides pine barrens and Hunterdon county).
My Jetta has been absolutely flawless mechanically in the time I've had it, never missing a beat.
Cross into Jersey with my friend to do some car shopping for his dad And not 5 miles into Jersey I get an oil warning on the dash. Pulled off the parkway onto a side street to check the oil, just a faint smear on the tip, limp it to an AutoZone to get some oil, ran a code scan: NOTHING. Checked oil again and still a smear. Let the engine cool down, checked again, perfectly fine about 70% of the way up the market area, about what it should be for 65% of the mileage to the next oil change.
Drove away with two quarts of 0w-20 in the backseat just in case. Drove to the next place no issue. Do the test drive and start heading home, it happens again, still no codes. Call the dealer to ask if they have a slot tomorrow morning to bring it in to get checked and they've got a spot right when they open.
Decide to put the first quart in so I know it's got oil and drive back to PA.
Soon as PA comes into view everything goes back to normal.
No obvious leaks, no Kia Soul cloud of blue smoke behind me, no high temp or rough engine, just phantom oil behavior.
Best guess is an oil pressure sensor went bad.
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23 minutes ago, Dillpickle23422 said:
see i feel like if it were a good motor, burning oil wouldn't be in spec. The germans over engineer the snot out of some stuff, but then never stop to think about, like, the engine.
looking at nissan in particular. I think it's like 1qt per 1k miles on some of nissans 350's or 370z's. Just willd.
The last oil cycle I had was about 1qt over 8k miles (extrapolated), and of all the vehicles I've owned/driven, 1qt/5000mi is about average (not including sonata after 110k miles where it never needed another oil change as mentioned previously).
I fully expected it to be a "oh you need an oil pressure sensor replacement, but it'll be covered as you're still under warranty".
Given that BMW and Subaru and Jeep, and Kia/Hyundai are known for oil guzzling: having documentation for acceptable oil consumption is a very German thing to do.
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13 hours ago, BiotechBen said:
The last oil cycle I had was about 1qt over 8k miles (extrapolated), and of all the vehicles I've owned/driven, 1qt/5000mi is about average (not including sonata after 110k miles where it never needed another oil change as mentioned previously).
I fully expected it to be a "oh you need an oil pressure sensor replacement, but it'll be covered as you're still under warranty".
Given that BMW and Subaru and Jeep, and Kia/Hyundai are known for oil guzzling: having documentation for acceptable oil consumption is a very German thing to do.
That's true, I guess. If it's going to burn oil then it's good to know about it.
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7 hours ago, Dillpickle23422 said:
That's true, I guess. If it's going to burn oil then it's good to know about it.
Every vehicle burns some amount of oil, it's a given seeing as you are lubricating a composition chamber and a turbine spinning at anywhere between 6k-18krpm at idle and up to 250krpm at peak whistle, oil is going to be consumed. I just kinda wish the "DANGER LOW OIL" warning was at a lower level than it is.