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Old 12-19-2016, 09:38 AM
bipolardave bipolardave is offline
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Originally Posted by CTD View Post
A quart every 500 miles isn't too bad. It's when you're up to adding two quarts per fill-up when there's a problem. I've seen the OM615s last over 120,000 miles after reaching the quart every 500 miles stage.

I'd recommend you just check/add oil at every fill-up, and otherwise enjoy the car! That engine may still have some life in it.
Previous to the miss, it was 500 miles/quart.

Given that it's winter, I haven't driven it enough recently to know what the current usage is. However, I suspect it's much more than that.
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