06 3.0 oil consumption

[soldmystang]

i searched and best i can tell high mileage 3.0s use oil by the quart. my CPO 06 seems to have burned thru 2 quarts in 7300 miles. it only has 32k miles on it. am i to understand this is the norm? i plan to change the oil later this week, should i add an extra 1/2 qt? anyone running 5w/50 mobil1. it seems to help in the 2.8l track rat.

[tomgtv]

I like 15/50 Mobil 1 syn here in hot south FL.
I have 204K miles and it doesn't burn oil, just leaks from
dozens of points.......I've fixed most of 'em, valve cover gasket,
oil separator nightmare gizmo, and oil filter housing (I'm doing that
one this week).

[soldmystang]

leaking? no. there is hardly any dust in the engine bay.

[dipstick]

my 2003 X5 6 cyl 3.0 is using about 1 quart per 1500 miles. It has 108,000 on it. The 1988 735i that I sold to buy this in January didn't use a quart of oil between 5000 miles changes and it had 265,000. I hope it isn't the oil separator. All of my drives are longer than the engine warm up cycle and I live in a moderately cold climate in Western NC. I do not see smoke, except a little puff of light grey at initial ignition sometimes. No leaks at all. Any ideas?

[motordavid]

Our 8 yr old '01 3.0, used to burn its fair share, esp on long trips,
(due I felt, to the high cruise rpms of the 5 spd manual trans),
but for the past couple years, I find I only have to add a partial
quart per year, between an annual oil change. Dunno why the
oil consumption has decreased so much, and the ol'X runs
pretty well with ~74k miles.
GL,mD

[Wayne's World]

I'm experiencing the same thing. About a quart every 7K miles. I've run Total Quartz INEO MC3 5w-30 (LL04) and GC 0w-30 (LL98) with GC 0w-30 being the longest I've run any oil (10K+ mi). I'm going to be switching to Total Quartz Energy 9000 5w-40 (LL01) next weekend. I ran that in my E39 2.8 M52TU motor and never burned a drop in between 7500mi drain intervals.

[sethro]

I have lost absolutely no oil from my X5 3.0i - Whatever oil I put in the exact amount comes out. I even measured it

[sprocket1200]

i don't have to add between oil changes.
04 3.0 56,000 miles (90K kms)

[Wayne's World]

Originally Posted by sethro

I have lost absolutely no oil from my X5 3.0i - Whatever oil I put in the exact amount comes out. I even measured it

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[sethro]

Originally Posted by Wayne's World

Show off

lol I'm not bragging or anything, I think its because

- I don't push my car ever.
- Change oil + filter every 4,000 KM
- Blow out all filters every 2 weeks with compressed air


2 quarts of oil seems like a lot just my $0.02