Its a 6 speed, mostly only short trips as its my grocery getter/gym car. If im at a steady speed ill shift into whatever highest gear possible for the speed. And I always downshift as im slowing down aka engine braking. I drive this car no different than my other last 10+ manual trans sports...
I was asking hot or cold because I get a significant difference in this car that I’ve never seen in any other based on temp. Maybe because it’s 8qts and will expand that much more? But their are no external leaks. My floor and the undercarriage of the car are spotless.
I changed the oil at 2100 because I bought the car used and it still had its original break in oil in it. When ever I do an oil change it gets filled to the top of the XXXX AFTER allowing it to run briefly filling the filter. And I always check it after the first drive after a change for...
I don’t measure the oil coming out. But I’m always able to duplicate my reAding and I document the gradual decrease as miles go up. Also I’ll chalk my dipstick every once and a while to verify I’m getting an absolute true reading.
dealer said it sounded excessive so they want me to bring it in, have them top it off, seal off the oil cap, and bring it in every 1000 miles to record the oil consumption for 3000 miles.
Ive done a search and no one has posted results that I could find of people with similar issues of having to constantly add oil. So here is my story
at 2100 miles I did the first oil change and the level was at the bottom of the XXXX on the dipstick
at around 3500 miles I had to add 1qt
5000...
Their is no option for length on the flat stick, but it is taller than the lower/shorter profile and much better imo. The shorter one was annoying in 2,4,6 gear as I couldn't get a good grip on the rearward part of ball due to resting against the trim bezel. So I would go x spec w/ normal...
So I started out with the MGW race spec, short stick and it was smooth as silk. Absolutely no NVH, and install was a breeze. They only thing I didnt like was it was too short for me and too smooth for my taste. Its just a spirited grocery getter and gym car, otherwise if it was my DD I would...
An exhaust leak after the cat has no effect on the cat as the gasses have already gone through it. You need to check your true mpgs by calculating it yourself.