do you ever find yourself needing oil?
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do you ever find yourself needing oil?
I find that I need to fill a lil oil up a bit every couple of hundred miles or so. Do you guys find your oil level going down a bit once in a while
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Yup, depending on how hard you drive the car, some people report needing to fill nearly a quart/1000 miles.
Our engines actually inject oil into the engine under heavy acceleration. The more you are "on it" the more oil you will use.
You may also want to check your undercarriage and check for oil leaks, but "a lil" every couple hundred miles sounds acceptable, unless your "a lil" is significantly more than my "a lil"
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Our engines actually inject oil into the engine under heavy acceleration. The more you are "on it" the more oil you will use.
You may also want to check your undercarriage and check for oil leaks, but "a lil" every couple hundred miles sounds acceptable, unless your "a lil" is significantly more than my "a lil"
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hmm....rotaries are SUPPOSED to burn oil. Both my 79 and 95 RX-7s have consumed oil at approximately the same rate -- 1 quart every 1500 miles or so. If you are not consuming any oil, there is something wrong.
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Lets say the total oil capacity of your oil system is 6qrts. It's probably somewhere around there I don't have the specs around me to look up. Anyways, but filling 1/2 way between E and F, you are shorting yourself 1/2 a quart. That is approx 8 - 9% of your total oil capacity! If this caused you to run 1/2 that percent warmer (4 - 5%) due to less oil to cool your systems, I wouldn't be surprised to find a "why is my engine over heating?" or "why are my oil temps so high" thread from you...
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Turbonut: each % of oil shortage DOES equate to a corresponding rise in engine temp. It CERTIANLY isn't 1:1, but it does correspond to a point. And beyond a certain other point of shortage your engine just seizes.
I know, my little sister ran her turbo Sunbird out of oil back in HS.
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I know, my little sister ran her turbo Sunbird out of oil back in HS.
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