15 years with mine. The windshield washer fluid is another story, it bleeds out at high speed, I do not keep it full.
How much oil between changes?
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How much oil between changes?
I have never had to add a single drop of oil to my 2004 coupe. Actually I have never added anything but windshield washer fluid. I have put 12K on it and I have changed the oil twice. It was at the same mark on the stick as the day it was refilled both times. It will see several w.o.t. shifts a month so it's not like I don't play around a bit. It now has 93K on it.
Is this typical?
Is this typical?
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I've never added any oil between changes to mine either. I change oil once a year.
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The only fluid i've needed to add was freon and its really a gas most of the time. Come to think of it I add gas quite often and its a fluid most of the time. Now that's deep
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my old 1990 burned a quart every 1000 miles. did it on the stock engine, did it on the built engine
this 2002 z06 doesn't use any
haven't done a track day yet but i'd be surprised if it uses more than a few ounces in an HPDE
this 2002 z06 doesn't use any
haven't done a track day yet but i'd be surprised if it uses more than a few ounces in an HPDE
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My 2001 need a quart added between oil changes for several YEARS. It's my daily driver. Once I got to about 100,000 I added a catch can and I don't need that quart between oil changes. I really don't know if it was the catch can or just the engine finally settled in.
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My 2001 need a quart added between oil changes for several YEARS. It's my daily driver. Once I got to about 100,000 I added a catch can and I don't need that quart between oil changes. I really don't know if it was the catch can or just the engine finally settled in.
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I did hear that for some reason the '01s used some oil where most of the other years didn't !
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My 110k mile 2002 coupe does not use oil either. Even with a Vortech V3 at 10 PSI and no catchcan, it doesnt use oil, it doesnt puff on deceleration, The oil level stays right where it is supposed to.
Factory fill Mobil 1 every time of course.
Factory fill Mobil 1 every time of course.