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- From: mgooley@advtech.uswest.com ("Mark. Gooley")
- Subject: Re: What is the resonable oil comsumption?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.154833.22182@advtech.uswest.com>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:48:33 GMT
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- In article <4250@eastman.UUCP> golder@titan.ppd.kodak.com (Patrick Golder) writes:
- >I have a Ford turbo 2.3 also. Like yours, mine uses about 1 quart per
- >1000 miles. I don't think you can consider this excessive for a turbo
- >engine. The turbo is hard on the oil & I think you have to expect
- >higher consumption than in a non-turbo engine. As long as it's not
- >getting any worse, just keep the level up, change it frequently, & don't
- >worry about it.
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- My Audi turbo uses almost no oil between changes (3000 mi.) Maybe it's
- the design of a car more than turbo/non-turbo?
-
- Mark.
- mgooley@advtech.uswest.com
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