Re: 2.8 L V6 oil consumption high?

["Sean & Tammy Ford" <Sean_M_Ford@msn.com>]

I'm one of the few owners that does not have a consumption problem, it's always
zero and I am also running synth oil. I really wouldn't worry about oil
consumption, it is normal and your consumption is not outside the normal range.

Sean Ford
Sean_M_Ford@msn.com
'92 Audi 100CS 5-spd 33k miles
'89 Suzuki Katana 600 hibernating

-----Original Message-----
From: BOEING377 <BOEING377@aol.com>


>My 92 100S 2.8L V-6 (bought used at 7K miles, now at 80K miles) has always
>used about a quart every 1000-1200  miles of freeway driving. No smoke, good
>compression, same consumption with petro or synthetic oil.  Where is it going?
>Valve guides?  Rings? Is this abnormally high? Whenver I run into another 92
>100S at a gas station I ask the owner and 2 out of 4 complained about similar
>oil consumption. I noticed an Audi Service Bulletin obviously written to
>mollify complaints from customers, explaining that oil consumption isn't
>unusual or even bad.  As one optimistic friend said "look at it this way...
>you always have reasonably fresh oil in your engine". Comments?
>