Originally Posted by Yankee

I respectfully disagree. Thats what the automakers say as a cop out. Only engines I ever had burn oil were the old late 60's V-8's with over 100k miles with me hot rodding the hell out of them. IMO Any modern engine using oil below 100k miles.....had an assembly/material quality problem from the get go, or was damaged through abuse or plain bad luck. Rings,valve guides, cylinders out of round....something. But is not ok, and not the norm.

Originally Posted by drexelsteve

Spec is 1quart per 1500miles on an under 10k motor (break in period), 1quart per 3k after that. Source...dealer certified engine master.