Hey guys I just wanted to get some input from all of you long time suby owners on how much oil consumption is normal for an sti with 30,000mi it seems that every time I check my oil just before change time it seems to be about a quart low after about 3,500-4,000mi is that normal?

 

Yeah thats pretty normal, but what oil are you using. synthetic/nonsynthetic?

 

yep sounds about right.

 

synthetic,well thats good news I feel much better now thanks guys

 

I have a brand new STi well pretty much its got almost 3k miles and when i went in for my first 1k oil change it was half a quart low and my husbands 07 STi is usually a 1/2 to a quart low when he goes in for his 3k oil changes.

 

If your using 5w/30 I would say that's typical.

Mike

 

That is within the SOA specs.

Me personally.. I switched to 10/40 a LONG time.

 

That's wayyy normal. My GTI would suck 2 quarts between oil changes...uh oh, good thing it's gone, eh?

 

My is always a quart low after 3-4k miles. The lower weights do burn off quicker.

 

mine's got 49k miles and it doesn't seem to burn any, even after 3-4k miles and a weekend at the track. i use redline 5w-30.
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I'm about a half quart down at oil changes

 

what is this oil change thing you speak of...

 

lol cant beat my rx8. it drink so much that i keep a bottle in the trunk all time.

 

FYI, Subaru of America considers up to 1qt consumed per 1000 miles 'normal'. Im on my 3rd Subaru (1984 wagon, 2002 wrx, 2004 STi) and they have all consumed oil.

 

it seems like i'm the only one with a wrx that eats almost no oil......