oil consumption

On to the issues: I've been noticing for the past while that the oil pan shows a mostly-dry stain of oil and the area around the oil filter shows wet stain/dirt. The source of this oil seems to be from the spin-on filter seal, though I am not 100% sure of this. I lubricate the filter o-ring with...

I am burning about 1 qt/1000 mi or more and I'm at a loss at to what to do next. It's definitely coming out of the exhaust, it will smoke during the idle test and the tips get black shortly after cleaning them. There are no leaks, I park in the same spot everyday and never see any drops. I have...

Hey guys, I have a question for you. I have a 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 that had a motor that pistons hit the valves. This is what I have done. First of all I purchased a motor from a salvage yard gen2, put it in and in less tha 300kms piston 1 suffered a cracked piston. So down 3k on a engine. Still...

This is my situation. I have a 2011 mazdaspeed 3 with 152k miles on it. It is on the stock Ko4 turbo. It has all the basic mods HPFP, Cob accessport, catback cork sport exhaust , and intake. My car has been burning oil at a pretty good rate at this point about a half quart to a full quart every...

I have a 2011 MS3, stock as far as I know. I know it’s a common issue to have some smoke and oil consumption associated with the turbo, but the posts I’ve seen, it typically occurs on deceleration/downshifting. My issue is when I’m accelerating heavily and the turbo is boosting. Typically I...