Many or most of us don't burn enough oil to be checking very often. With that terrible dip stick design, its hard to judge minor changes. I never have to add any oil. I change the oil 3x/year. Mostly highway miles.

I can't remember your year. Miles?

Any rear seal leaking?

Any sign of oil on the plugs? Any cylinder to cylinder variations in the deposits or color?

If the vehicle has been running dyno oil, perhaps the rings are sticking. If so, a can of snake oil that claims to free sticking rings can sometimes work very well. If not, you are out of pocket $3! I hope that this is the problem with your engine, so you can do a chemical overhaul.

With the number of in-operable oil pressure switches that we have had reported, please make sure that yours low pressure lamp does work. With oil comsumption, it would be nice to know that it works.

I have no idea how one would determine if a leak of this rate was from the turbo or an engine issue.

I hate to say it, but that oil comsumption sounds rather high. That would be around 4 to 6 gallons of oil per year for me. My changes take 3. That would be 7 to 9 gallons of oil per year total and would get expensive for a really good oil.

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• How much oil does your Saab burn?, Bruce, Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:33:11
  • Little if any., JohnnyF, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:31:18
  • Burn?You mean leak, he he he! n/m, michael p, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:13:02
  • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, bill h., Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:08:42
  • Only had one SAAB in over 25 yrs use oil, TG, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:26:11
  • I'm down ~.25 qt. after ~5k miles nm, MJM , Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:18:44
    • 95 SET, 94k miles nm, MJM , Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:59:19
  • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, Andy Duncan, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:57:01
  • guys, ALL cars use oil, nickR, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:33:42
    • Re: guys, ALL cars use oil, Dean, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:58:46
  • You mean you actually have to check oil?, Dave Westlake, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:25:39
    • Re: You mean you actually have to check oil?, Trevor, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:13:38
  • Just about nothing., Mattas.se, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:57:57
  • seems a little high, nickR, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 02:20:44
    • Re: seems a little high, Tero S, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 03:24:55
  • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, Dean, Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:08:15 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, Bruce, Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:52:50
      • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, Dean, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:29:58
        • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, Trevor, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:12:22
          • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, fsik, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:29:24
            • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, Trevor, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:10:28
      • How about trying Valvoline MaxLife? Couldn't hurt...(-), Vlad, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:17:31
      • Re: How much oil does your Saab burn?, lauriem, Thu, 10 Oct 2002 03:38:57

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