Our 1996 850 GLT wagon, wtih 75,000 miles, has had regular oil changes and never indicated any drop in oil level between changes.
Shortly after an oil change, two months ago, the oil light came on on the dash and it was 2 quarts low. I topped it up and watched it closely. Since then, in the past two months, it's taken another 5 quarts (one every couple of weeks).
The underside of the engine is clean and dry, no drips or leaks.
If it were something horribly wrong with the engine (rings?) I'd expect the exhaust to be black and smelly, but it's not. Also, the OBD hasn't indicated any faults.
What should I look at next?
Thanks, as always, in advance,
-RL
p.s. This is not the 850 with the bad transmission, this is our *good* car.