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View Poll Results: Oil consumption per track day
0 to 0.3 quart
30
68.18%
0.4 to 0.6 quart
10
22.73%
0.7 to 1.0 quart
2
4.55%
1.1 to 1.5 quart
1
2.27%
Over 1.5 quart
1
2.27%
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911/964/993 owners - how much oil consumption at the track?

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Old 07-08-2008, 05:54 PM
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Default 911/964/993 owners - how much oil consumption at the track?

How much oil do you go through on a typical day at the track? I'm talking 3 - 4 sessions, around 100 to 130 miles total.

Porsche has a stated limit on oil useage per 1,000 miles (to determine valve guide wear), but that's not too useful if you track your car much. Hence this poll.

The poll is anonymous.
Old 07-08-2008, 06:26 PM
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Neither of my 964's has/had any significant (as in I can see a dip in the gauge or dipstick) oil use after a day at the track. So I'm voting 0. My current one (with a supercharger) has not used any oil at all since the last oil change 1,000 miles/3 months ago. Hopefully things will stay that way
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0 but it is a 951s
Old 07-08-2008, 09:47 PM
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my motor had somehwere in the area of 150-200k on it (odometer broke at 130, and tracked it for a few years after) and it used almost no oil, and dynoed at about 247WHP!

it is getting rebuilt now after a missed shift
Old 07-08-2008, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DanR
0 but it is a 951s
really? I dont know why, I would think it would. However, I did own a piece a crap of a 951 at one point, should have just bought a well cared for one in the first place!
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I will add a quart after about 6-7 track days
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After an entire weekend, including 500 miles of commuting to and from the track, I will add 1/3 of a quart.
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None that I can tell on either of mine.
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Hardly any oil at all for me, Eric.
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Originally Posted by TheOtherEric
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How much you using?

About 10 years ago in my 73 T, I made the mistake of checking the oil level when the engine was off and added about 4 quarts....it puked it all out about an hour later....

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Old 07-09-2008, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TheOtherEric
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Not quite the answers you were hoping for?
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I never check.
Kidding- about 0.25 over the w/e on the old motor. We'll see on the the new 3.8 but I would expect trace or less.
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my rebuilt 2.7 motor, uses 1-2 quarts a weekend.

-feel better?


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