Ive never had a porsche use oil but my current car has gone through a quart in 2 DE events? Is this with in normal expectations? Car has 13k miles on it and is an x51 motor. Thanks

 

not uncommon. I wouldn't think that you are "burning" synthetic oil. More than likely blowing out the tailpipe. Just keep it topped off and you will be ok.

 

90k miles on my engine and I don't lose any oil between changes at 10k intervals.

 

Uber, do you track your car?

 

Mine does. No track time, although I do drive a little aggressively . . . Never a drop on the garage floor.

I have searched most sites, and the range varies a huge amount, from none (as in uber's reply) to a qt per 1000 miles. Some claim break-in problems, while others followed the break-in procedure and still burn some oil.

 

Yes, although its difficult to define in terms of quart/mileage, since a lot of my mileage consists of track driving. A quart every two DE weekends is probably about right for me. There have been other threads like this previously and if I recall, a majority of the posters posted their cars burned no oil.

 

First track day was during this last change. I didn't notice any difference in oil level after the track day.

 

Porsche sez that burning 1qt in 600 miles is within spec.... get real Porsche!

 

I put in about a quart every 5K miles (oil changes) and this makes the electronic gauge sit right up above the top line (reman engine).

 

5 or so track days a year and 55k kms on my car. no oil burning between changes (changes ever 5-6k kms)

 

Don't know how aggressive driving you were doing at those DE events, but 2 days running 'er near redline is probably equivalent to a month of typical street driving.

Looking at your signature, kind of surprised you've never seen a P-car consume a little oil?

 

No issues here, the oil level is constantly the same

 

I go through a quart every thousand miles or so, less if there are track days involved. 68K now, 29K when I got it in 05. Been the same consumption since I bought it. No other issues, knock on wood.

 

i see no correlation between engine that burns oil to better overall health/performance, engine that does not burn oil to better health/performance

it's more of an annoyance to check and refill, but then it's good practice in a sense, too.

 

Thanks--actually nice to hear I am not alone . . .