Excessive oil consumption - ConsumerReports.org

Several engines emerged as the main offenders: Audi’s 2. 0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder and 3. 0-liter V6, BMW’s 4. 8-liter V8 and twin-turbocharged 4. 4-liter V8, and to a lesser extent Subaru’s 3. 6-liter six-cylinder and 2. 0- and 2.... But our survey data concerning 10 model years shows that if a car burns oil early in its life, it will burn even more as it ages. In tracking oil consumption by model year, engine families show increased consumption with each successive year on the road. In other cases, though, some manufacturers are defending the oil consumption as falling within the car’s technical specifications—or they blame the car’s owner for his or her driving habits. But since that oil change, she says she has been adding a quart of oil every 800 to 1,000 miles. Meanwhile, a settlement to a class-action lawsuit against Audi would extend the powertrain warranty on its 2009 to 2011 model-year CAEB 2. 0-liter turbo engines to eight years or 80,000 miles. Our data shows that newer Audi 2. 0-liter turbos and V6 engines are also burning oil. Source: www.consumerreports.org