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I started to add this post to an older thread on a similar topic, but then I decided it would be better to start a new thread. Here's my problem....
I have a 2016 Mazda3 with the 2.0 engine and manual tranny. After four months of ownership, I only have 2,100 miles on it, most of it suburban and freeway driving. I checked the oil level soon after I bought the car and the dipstick indicated full. At 1,000 miles, I was down 1/4 quart. Now, at 2,100 miles, I'm down 1/2 quart.
I stopped by the dealership today and spoke with the senior service advisor. I was expecting him to tell me that losing 1/2 quart in 2,100 miles was considered normal -- or at least within specs. But after checking my car's oil level himself to confirm that I was indeed down 1/2 quart, he told me that this amount of oil consumption on these engines was NOT normal, and that most of his customers lose virtually no oil between changes.
I asked him what he thought the problem was, and he told me that he had no idea, because of all the many hundreds of third-gen SkyActiv 2.0 engines he's serviced, I'm the FIRST AND ONLY customer who has reported this amount of oil consumption. (!!!) I was totally blown away by his comment, and not very happy that I'm the "one in hundreds" who has this problem.
The service advisor had me schedule an appointment, at which time they'll check the engine for fault codes, leaks, compression, etc. and then start me on an oil-consumption monitoring test. I told him that we already knew what the oil consumption rate was, but he said that if we want Mazda to do anything about the problem, the oil-consumption monitoring test has to be initiated by the dealer. I guess that makes sense.
As you might imagine, I am really bummed out about this situation. I'm afraid that I'm one of the very small percentage of Mazda owners who's been stuck with an engine that consumes way more oil than it's supposed to. If the service advisor had wanted to get rid of me, he could have simply told me that my engine's oil consumption rate was normal, and I would have gone away happy. But he didn't do that. Which makes me worried.
Do any of you smart Mazdaphiles have any thoughts on this matter?
I have a 2016 Mazda3 with the 2.0 engine and manual tranny. After four months of ownership, I only have 2,100 miles on it, most of it suburban and freeway driving. I checked the oil level soon after I bought the car and the dipstick indicated full. At 1,000 miles, I was down 1/4 quart. Now, at 2,100 miles, I'm down 1/2 quart.
I stopped by the dealership today and spoke with the senior service advisor. I was expecting him to tell me that losing 1/2 quart in 2,100 miles was considered normal -- or at least within specs. But after checking my car's oil level himself to confirm that I was indeed down 1/2 quart, he told me that this amount of oil consumption on these engines was NOT normal, and that most of his customers lose virtually no oil between changes.
I asked him what he thought the problem was, and he told me that he had no idea, because of all the many hundreds of third-gen SkyActiv 2.0 engines he's serviced, I'm the FIRST AND ONLY customer who has reported this amount of oil consumption. (!!!) I was totally blown away by his comment, and not very happy that I'm the "one in hundreds" who has this problem.
The service advisor had me schedule an appointment, at which time they'll check the engine for fault codes, leaks, compression, etc. and then start me on an oil-consumption monitoring test. I told him that we already knew what the oil consumption rate was, but he said that if we want Mazda to do anything about the problem, the oil-consumption monitoring test has to be initiated by the dealer. I guess that makes sense.
As you might imagine, I am really bummed out about this situation. I'm afraid that I'm one of the very small percentage of Mazda owners who's been stuck with an engine that consumes way more oil than it's supposed to. If the service advisor had wanted to get rid of me, he could have simply told me that my engine's oil consumption rate was normal, and I would have gone away happy. But he didn't do that. Which makes me worried.
Do any of you smart Mazdaphiles have any thoughts on this matter?