2014 Baseline Fozzy. 2.5 Non-Turbo. 6 speed stick.
When I bought this Fozzy it was a "Certified Pre Owned" model with less than 60,000 miles. I brought it back less than a month later with the WORST oil consumption issue the dealer had ever seen (three times Subaru's acceptable limit). They swapped out the engine (short block) and told me I should be good to go and that they had never seen a car come back for a recurrence of the issue. Well, Its burning oil again, though not consistently, and at a much slower pace than before (about 1/2 a quart every 1500 miles). Before I go back to the dealer, I figured I would ask here if there was such a ting as "Normal" oil consumption for these engines?
This is the first flat engined vehicle I have even owned and I didn't know if this was something that I was just going to have to learn to live with as a part of the nature of the engine design or not. I know BMW motorcycles consider oil consumption of a quart per 1200 miles on their boxer engines to be within spec. :surprise:
I've got over 85,000 miles on the car now, and I know the warranty/recall only goes to 100,000, so I don't want this to go any longer without being checked. But I also don't want to waste my time chasing another engine replacement if it is going to be a waste of my time, you know?
Thank all!
When I bought this Fozzy it was a "Certified Pre Owned" model with less than 60,000 miles. I brought it back less than a month later with the WORST oil consumption issue the dealer had ever seen (three times Subaru's acceptable limit). They swapped out the engine (short block) and told me I should be good to go and that they had never seen a car come back for a recurrence of the issue. Well, Its burning oil again, though not consistently, and at a much slower pace than before (about 1/2 a quart every 1500 miles). Before I go back to the dealer, I figured I would ask here if there was such a ting as "Normal" oil consumption for these engines?
This is the first flat engined vehicle I have even owned and I didn't know if this was something that I was just going to have to learn to live with as a part of the nature of the engine design or not. I know BMW motorcycles consider oil consumption of a quart per 1200 miles on their boxer engines to be within spec. :surprise:
I've got over 85,000 miles on the car now, and I know the warranty/recall only goes to 100,000, so I don't want this to go any longer without being checked. But I also don't want to waste my time chasing another engine replacement if it is going to be a waste of my time, you know?
Thank all!