Car starting to burn oil.... is it time to move on?

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09-15-13, 11:31 PM

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At this stage of the game, consider running thicker oil - 10w40 or 20w50 and see what happens.

I have had many race motors that would burn a ton of oil (2qt in 1000km) if using 5w30 - but changing to 20w50 hardly burned any.

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