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Old 05-31-2012, 10:42 AM   #26
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You never actually have to go to the dealer to change the oil. You are changing it as you drive it.

When in high school my friend had an 80 camaro. She told everyone that it got 50 MPG................. of oil. We didn't stop to fill up with gas, we had to stop to fill up with oil.

If my week old car burns this much oil I will be having a serious conversation with Subaru.
No one is expereincing the quart per 1200 it looks like a quart every 2700-3000. Not that its better but its not to the extreme.
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Old 05-31-2012, 11:14 AM   #27
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Try getting an answer. Soa just blows smoke up your butt. My car was fine till about 7k then the oil light came on...
The low oil level light comes on at 4.0 quarts. If the engine went from 5.3 to 4.0 quarts over 7k miles, it consumed 0.19 quarts per thousand miles, or about a quart every 5400 miles. Tell a BMW owner if you want to make him jealous.
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Old 05-31-2012, 11:20 AM   #28
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Im willing to bet more people have this. Its just that almost all that buy this type of vehicle dont check their oil.
Ummm... I strongly disagree. I've checked mine every thousand miles or so, but realistically- what other new car is consuming oil at the rate of a chevy vega???
By Subarus #'s you may have to buy up to 11.55 quarts for a 7500 mile oc interval. That's unacceptable.
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Old 05-31-2012, 11:41 AM   #29
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The low oil level light comes on at 4.0 quarts. If the engine went from 5.3 to 4.0 quarts over 7k miles, it consumed 0.19 quarts per thousand miles, or about a quart every 5400 miles. Tell a BMW owner if you want to make him jealous.
Your math is way off. My oil was changed at 3750, it didn't keep the factory fill for 7000 miles.
It was changed at 3750 miles and last check of the dipstick was at 6000+. Between 6 and 7k is where I lost a quart +/-.
Except for the awd I doubt many beemer owners are "jealous".
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:03 PM   #30
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Ummm... I strongly disagree. I've checked mine every thousand miles or so, but realistically- what other new car is consuming oil at the rate of a chevy vega???
By Subarus #'s you may have to buy up to 11.55 quarts for a 7500 mile oc interval. That's unacceptable.
Most people with this vehicle wont know because they dont check their oil and have maintenance plans that keep them from looking at the underside of the car for the first 2 years.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:34 PM   #31
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I agree with that for the most part.
I don't know it MOST don't but surely MANY do not. This thread and the one I sarted are imo very helpful in reminding everyone to be vigilant of their oil level.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:56 PM   #32
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If you only read this thread you are going to believe that your new car is going to burn through oil constantly and blah blah blah.

The experience of those who have an engine that is burning oil are atypical. In other words, there are plenty of drivers like me who have a 2012 Impreza built in Oct 11 (one of the pre-orders) who have not experienced any issue whatsoever with oil consumption (now at ~4,000 miles on the odometer).

Sorry if you have experienced it. If you are one of the one's who is not sure it is a good idea to check your oil level periodically, that's why the dipstick is so easy to locate. Report back if you have a problem, but stop reporting your fears that you will use 6 quarts of oil every 7,500 miles...
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If you only read this thread you are going to believe that your new car is going to burn through oil constantly and blah blah blah.

The experience of those who have an engine that is burning oil are atypical. In other words, there are plenty of drivers like me who have a 2012 Impreza built in Oct 11 (one of the pre-orders) who have not experienced any issue whatsoever with oil consumption (now at ~4,000 miles on the odometer).

Sorry if you have experienced it. If you are one of the one's who is not sure it is a good idea to check your oil level periodically, that's why the dipstick is so easy to locate. Report back if you have a problem, but stop reporting your fears that you will use 6 quarts of oil every 7,500 miles...
Good pont. Im not sure mine is or not because i didnt start looking at it until lately. I will have a better idea in 400 miles when mine is changed. so roughly 3 week depending on where i travel.
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Old 05-31-2012, 01:54 PM   #34
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Here's how I broke in my engine: acmenovelties.net/cars/engine_break-in.html

No oil consumption yet.
Power is OK.
Fuel economy, though not what the EPA numbers say for around town, is OK.
I did something similar, starting from the test drive, harder than "normal" driving. The engine spent a lot of time between 2500 and 4000 RPM for the first thousand miles. Now it sees 5K+ RPM daily. I couldn't detect any oil loss at the dipstick after 3000 miles.

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Except for the awd I doubt many beemer owners are "jealous".
Many of them do have AWD, but in any case, I was referring to their oil consumption.
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Old 05-31-2012, 03:00 PM   #35
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I find it NECESSARY to report my fears when a car company says I may have to buy 11.55 quarts or oil per interval. If you're not having any problems, Zeeper, then wonderful- good fort you. Some of us have some very real concearns.
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Old 05-31-2012, 03:37 PM   #36
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I have no issue with you sharing the issue with us -- I want to know what your experience is.

For people who just bought their car or are thinking about buying it is a little stupid to endlessly post about their car burning oil before the fact.

Half of the posts here are just fear based whining with no evidence that they are even affected by the problem.

There must be easier ways to get people to check their tire pressure and dipstick occasionally, but thinking back someone reported finding their tires overinflated after they had already driven a couple of thousand miles -- so maybe a dopeslap or two is called for.
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Old 05-31-2012, 03:47 PM   #37
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If the car burns oil at such a high rate that it fails your state's inspection, SOA may have to eat it regardless of their ridiculous guideline.

If that's the threshold for declaring an engine defective, I'm curious as to how they would verify the consumption rate. They can't put hundreds of miles on the car themselves, can they?
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Old 05-31-2012, 04:21 PM   #38
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The oil level light on mine came on at about 6,400 mi. Stopped and checked, the oil wasn't full but wasn't low enough to require oil right away. Since the gas station didn't have 0w-20, I let it be and continued driving. After another few miles, the light went off.

Got home, added half a quart. It's still down a little from the full mark, but eh... rather be slightly under than over.

I'll keep an eye on it, but I'm not particularly concerned yet.
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After you guys changed the oil, did you check the level with a dry filter, or after the first start? How sure are you that it started off with all 5.3 quarts?
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After you guys changed the oil, did you check the level with a dry filter, or after the first start? How sure are you that it started off with all 5.3 quarts?
Im not changing my oil so i have to trust they are giving me 5.3
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After you guys changed the oil, did you check the level with a dry filter, or after the first start? How sure are you that it started off with all 5.3 quarts?
I'm sure I have 5.5 quarts in mine, because that is what I poured in.
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I have no issue with you sharing the issue with us -- I want to know what your experience is.

For people who just bought their car or are thinking about buying it is a little stupid to endlessly post about their car burning oil before the fact.

Half of the posts here are just fear based whining with no evidence that they are even affected by the problem.

There must be easier ways to get people to check their tire pressure and dipstick occasionally, but thinking back someone reported finding their tires overinflated after they had already driven a couple of thousand miles -- so maybe a dopeslap or two is called for.
Right on. Agreed..
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If the car burns oil at such a high rate that it fails your state's inspection, SOA may have to eat it regardless of their ridiculous guideline.

If that's the threshold for declaring an engine defective, I'm curious as to how they would verify the consumption rate. They can't put hundreds of miles on the car themselves, can they?
SOA told me that if I have the same issue this cycle that they will perform a consumption test thru the dealer.

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I see this thread as something to watch for but definately not to panic from. The way I see it is that I plan to ignore the 7500 oil change and waste a little money changing early at 5000. If my engine runs out of oil and frags while the oil is being changed earlier than scheduled I will get a new engine installed. Subaru has no argument in this because they cannot refuse maintenance if your are doing your part. If the owners manual said that you should check your oil daily it would be another story because you would have to prove you followed the manual.

IMHO as long as you are in warranty and not exceeding or ignoring maintenance schedules you're safe. If that means you get a new engine every 10000 miles than so be it. I got the extended warranty so I could be on my 10th engine by the time the warranty expires and it wouldn't bother me.
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The dealer told me I'm supposed to check my oil everytime I gas up. That's not only lame, but in some areas its not even safe, like late at night in tampa...
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The dealer told me I'm supposed to check my oil everytime I gas up. That's not only lame, but in some areas its not even safe, like late at night in tampa...
Dont be Ridiculous

thats a judgment call and a very easy one. Now you are find things to complain about. (actually that moment has passed)
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After you guys changed the oil, did you check the level with a dry filter, or after the first start? How sure are you that it started off with all 5.3 quarts?
I start up the engine, back it off the ramps, shut it off, and check the dipstick after 5-10 minutes. I estimate pouring that last 0.3 qts, but my level is a bit under the high mark on the stick... I don't have any noticable oil loss in the 3800 miles I've gone per the two oil changes I've done.
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I see this thread as something to watch for but definately not to panic from. The way I see it is that I plan to ignore the 7500 oil change and waste a little money changing early at 5000. If my engine runs out of oil and frags while the oil is being changed earlier than scheduled I will get a new engine installed. Subaru has no argument in this because they cannot refuse maintenance if your are doing your part. If the owners manual said that you should check your oil daily it would be another story because you would have to prove you followed the manual.

IMHO as long as you are in warranty and not exceeding or ignoring maintenance schedules you're safe. If that means you get a new engine every 10000 miles than so be it. I got the extended warranty so I could be on my 10th engine by the time the warranty expires and it wouldn't bother me.
I'm running the 5000 mile cycle as well. My changes have been at 2996, 7524, 12569, and will be every 5000 for the life of the car
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thats a judgment call and a very easy one. Now you are find things to complain about. (actually that moment has passed)
No I'm more illustrating my ever-growing frustration with a problematic and annoying car. If you don't like it, sorry. Just block me and you won't have to read my complaining. But if there is discussion of a particaular aspect of my new car that I am having issue with then I don't see why you care. Its an INTERNET FORUM.

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