1999 intrigue consumes oil

[ssheely]

hello,
1999 3.5 L uses about 1 quart of oil per 1400 miles,
is this normal with all intrigues or should i dump the car ?
my 1990 touring sedan uses no oil and it has 280,500 miles on it.
my intrigue has 64,500 miles. iv'e had it for only 1 month,
i drive 70 miles per day.

[jdr1965]

My 2000 has used oil since I got it as a program car with 25k, now has 60k, doesnt use as much as yours, but at least a qt every 2500 miles. Dealer says its normal...I disagree, none of my other vehicles use ANY oil even with 150K miles on them...

[illinoiswronski]

If you change your own oil, be aware that the 3.5 needs 6 quarts of oil to completely fill the crankcase.

[whlarsen]

Need to know: What brand of oil, what weight of oil, synthetic or dino, and how hard you drive the car. I recently found some Mobil 1 0W-30 on sale at Walmart for a dollar a quart. I bought all they had. I did some research and used 3 quarts of that and 3 quarts of 10W-30, for a final weight of 5W-30. My 99 never burned oil before, but was a quart low at oil change. Some grades are more prone to burning oil than others. I typically use Mobil 1, and change when the oil life monitor tells me to.

[mikerfalls]

Hey gang, I am in the same boat as ssheely. My car runs and drives like a dream but is burning oil somewhere. Should I worry about this other than topping off the oil? It is using quite a bit.

[JD Guitar]

All Intrigues burn oil. Use Synth and the car will burn less and the engine will last twice as long.

[bpage020602]

Try buying the lucas stuff , it cost about 6-7 bucks and you replace that for a quart of oil. Its good stuff!