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<blockquote data-quote="DrGoh" data-source="post: 85373" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Hi cwk,</p><p></p><p>My car's on Shell Helix Fully Synthetic. Oil change every 5000km.</p><p></p><p>I used to drive (enthusiastically) between Ipoh and Mont Kiara twice a week, always above 200km/h throughout the journey. AFAIK, there was no significant oil evaporation on my 97 523i, at least not to the point of the oil warning light coming on.</p><p></p><p>I check my engine oil(cold check, unstarted, 1st thing in the morning) once a week, and there was no significant drop in oil level.</p><p></p><p>For reference, 2 cars I owned had oil evaporation tho:</p><p></p><p>1) DC5 Integra Type R, with Mobil 1. Changed to Redline engine oil and still evaporated. Checked with many Vtec gurus and was told it was normal.</p><p></p><p>2) Mazda RX7s- I had a few of these and all of them consumes engine oil, as the oil metering pump uses the engine oil to lubricate the apex seals within the rotors. Normal...</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Gerald.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrGoh, post: 85373, member: 220"] Hi cwk, My car's on Shell Helix Fully Synthetic. Oil change every 5000km. I used to drive (enthusiastically) between Ipoh and Mont Kiara twice a week, always above 200km/h throughout the journey. AFAIK, there was no significant oil evaporation on my 97 523i, at least not to the point of the oil warning light coming on. I check my engine oil(cold check, unstarted, 1st thing in the morning) once a week, and there was no significant drop in oil level. For reference, 2 cars I owned had oil evaporation tho: 1) DC5 Integra Type R, with Mobil 1. Changed to Redline engine oil and still evaporated. Checked with many Vtec gurus and was told it was normal. 2) Mazda RX7s- I had a few of these and all of them consumes engine oil, as the oil metering pump uses the engine oil to lubricate the apex seals within the rotors. Normal... Cheers, Gerald. [/QUOTE]
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