GR86 Normal oil use

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Not overly concerned but thought I should note it and check others but just done my first top up at almost 4000miles and took about 300ml.
 
I've topped up about 250ml within the first 800 miles then it's not used any since, I'm now at 2.2k. I'd imagine you used that 300 during run in. I was religious with checking it for the first 1k miles as it caught me out on my GT86. That used a whole litre during run in then next to nothing afterwards.
 
Ah ok could be, I've been checking regularly and only felt it needed it now, but thinking about it it has been on the lower side for a while (not dangerously so).
 
Nothing yet although have found it tricky to read. One side is spot on, other side is way over. I have top up ready for next week so will be taking all levels and tread depth before and after.
 
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Nothing yet although have found it tricky to read. One side is spot on, other side is way over. I have top up ready for next week so will be taking all levels and tread depth before and after.
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If I recall, the correct way to read these dipsticks is to take the lowest reading displayed. But I agree - definitely tricky to read regardless.

I haven't noticed any oil usage yet myself, but the car is only on 2K miles or so, and I did an oil change not long after break in. I'm hoping it will be like my GT86 - that never used a single drop of oil between services, even when I was doing 18K a year.
 
Conscript said:
If I recall, the correct way to read these dipsticks is to take the lowest reading displayed. But I agree - definitely tricky to read regardless.

I haven't noticed any oil usage yet myself, but the car is only on 2K miles or so, and I did an oil change not long after break in. I'm hoping it will be like my GT86 - that never used a single drop of oil between services, even when I was doing 18K a year.
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Same here, not noticed any oil consumption, but I'm only on just over 1500 miles and did an oil change at 1000 miles.

5l seemed to be sufficient when I've checked after the change, but I'll take another quick look today.
 
beorg said:
Same here, not noticed any oil consumption, but I'm only on just over 1500 miles and did an oil change at 1000 miles.

5l seemed to be sufficient when I've checked after the change, but I'll take another quick look today.
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I had to add a small amount it was not especially low but it was lower than when I got it. I believe that the engines benifitif it from keeping it near the top level if being used hard. I have done 4200 miles so far. So nothing to worry about.
 
Would you recommend any specific brand for a top up, or any 0W-20 oil would do?

I think I need to top it up, I had a look yesterday and it's hard to tell on the dipstick due to a long streak of oil smearing on one side of the stick, but the "main level" appears to be near the MIN indicator
 
CM Autohaus the ex subaru master tech on YouTube says far better to be slightly overfilled than underfilled on these engines. Millers or Toyota oil meant to be good
 
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