Well add me to the dreaded list of "my car burns oil". I bought this back in October and refurbished it for my niece who lives in Oklahoma City (I am in Dallas).
Well for two weeks, I drove it in our lovely Dallas rush hour traffic and didn't burn a drop of oil. I never got above 65 mph. But over thanksgiving break, I drove my camper rig while my wife followed behind me in the Rolla. She said she got up to 80 mph (75mph limit on I-35) while trying to catch up to me. By the time we got to OKC (~200 miles) the car had burned over a quart (it was below the lower dot on the stick)
Questions:
1) Does anyone burn oil when they keep it at 65 mph or below? My niece tells me she doesn't go faster than that because all higways around OKC are roughly 60 - 65
2)I didn't fully tighten the oil cap back on (thought I did) and it came loose. When I pulled it while the engine was running, the pressure coming out of the valve cover was immense!! Is this normal?
Sucks about the oil. I've harped on her to check the oil every filllup and bought her (3) 5w-30 dino oil bottles to start her off. But for $1300, I guess it wasn't too bad of a buy.
She had no car before, so this is infinitely better.
TIA
Well for two weeks, I drove it in our lovely Dallas rush hour traffic and didn't burn a drop of oil. I never got above 65 mph. But over thanksgiving break, I drove my camper rig while my wife followed behind me in the Rolla. She said she got up to 80 mph (75mph limit on I-35) while trying to catch up to me. By the time we got to OKC (~200 miles) the car had burned over a quart (it was below the lower dot on the stick)
Questions:
1) Does anyone burn oil when they keep it at 65 mph or below? My niece tells me she doesn't go faster than that because all higways around OKC are roughly 60 - 65
2)I didn't fully tighten the oil cap back on (thought I did) and it came loose. When I pulled it while the engine was running, the pressure coming out of the valve cover was immense!! Is this normal?
Sucks about the oil. I've harped on her to check the oil every filllup and bought her (3) 5w-30 dino oil bottles to start her off. But for $1300, I guess it wasn't too bad of a buy.
She had no car before, so this is infinitely better.
TIA