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Originally Posted by beepbeep View Post
Re: modern cars being clean...my "modern" VW Passat drinks half a quart of oil every 700 miles due to "modern" thin piston oil rings allowing much more blow-by. Factory says up to quart per 700 miles is OK. My older cars never used oil between changes.
POS. That is not normal. Sure, it won't break from that but totally bad design with "specs" made up later to avoid having to buy new engines. All my cars use minimal amounts (no refills between 10k oil change intervals). That incudes my VDub - 2011 TDI.

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