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99 SC2 Oil Consumption

My daughter's 1999 SC2 consumes copious amounts of oil. It is somewhere in the 1,500 miles/quart range. She has roughly 30K miles on it. At least some of the oil loss is from an oil leak.

From the internet, I see stories saying that my daughter's oil mileage is about the average for a Saturn of that era. I also saw that Saturn issued a technical service bulletin on what it considers normal Saturn oil mileage.

However, what I want to know is what is the normal oil consumption for a Saturn SC2? What have other people experienced out there?

-------------------------------------- Tom Kunsitis - Richmond, Virginia USA

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Tom Kunsitis
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Reply to
Darrel Watchman

An oil leak with only 30k miles. Bummer.

I own a 97 SC2 that I bought new. It has about 50k miles on it. No oil leaks.....yet. Knocking on wood. Between oil changes ......every 3 months, it doesn`t burn a drop. I don`t know if this matters but I drive the car very hard. Have already had 2 front end brake jobs and am already on my second set of tires. Dan.

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Mason121

My friend drives his 120k Saturn as hard as I've ever seen or driven myself... And it doesn't burn a drop of oil either... There is a web site out there that talks about a different break-in technique that uses high revs and hard driving a bit... Seems to work for him and others...

I'll try to find the link and post it.

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Joe Dufu

My 97 started consuming oil in the low 30k range, and ended up with a rebuild at 44k.

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Jonnie Santos

I have a '99 SL2 and it averages a quart every three thousand miles. Have you changed the oil absolutely at 3k intervals. Saturns do not like dirty more so than other makes. I have 78000 on this one. My old '93 ran a quart every three. I would suggest that you do a couple of every two thousand changes just to clear out crud that may be causing the problem. The way you drive will also determine the oil consumption.

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Gary Klein

A lot of oil consumption on the 1.9L engines seems to be due to carbon build-up on the rings. Driving the engine harder (within reason) may actually help with this, as higher engine temperatures will tend to burn off carbon buildup in the combustion chamber. As well, using better-quality oil (ex: synthetic) and changing it regularly will help.

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Robert Hancock

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