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Consumer Reports finds excessive oil consumption in new Porsche
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07-01-2013, 10:45 AM
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This happens on my B7 A4 2.0t daily, it drives me nuts.
On my wife's 1.8t Jetta i've never had this problem.
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Those light oils are favorites of today's manufacturers to meet the stringent DOT fuel economy requirements as well as needed to operate the variable cam timing hydraulics (VarioCam).
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What are the oil weights that are called for in Europe for the same cars? Sometimes they are a bit "thicker" than what is called for here due to our CAFE standards.
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07-01-2013, 06:13 PM
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My 3.2 uses a quart of Brad Penn maybe every 2000 miles. My daily '10 Golf TDI uses virtually nothing over the 10k oil change interval. And that's a good thing, because it requires oil even more obscure than trying to find Brad Penn on the shelf.
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'84 Carrera Coupe (Sold)
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