Well with an engine that old, with 15w40 dino oil in the crankcase, your glass is half full, not half empty.... You are doing well to be starting at all in the winter months.

I think it would be realistic to switch to synthetic and put up with the additional leakage.

By the way, Mobil 1 claims that it actually reduces oil leaks. I put it into a very, very tired old Volvo 740 (gas) Turbo with more than 350k that was leaking oil everywhere, and it did just that. Very significantly. Just throwing that out as food for thought.

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