S2kruss87

Do you have any pictures of this and you removed the pcv altogether ?

And I drained the left over oil and put fresh it her.


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zeroptzero

squeeze the pcv valve hose with a pair of pliers when the engine is running at idle, and see if you can hear the pcv valve click as you squeeze and release the hose a few times. If the pcv valve is more than 2 years old it could likely used cleaning or replacement.

Consider Amsoil 10w30 oil, it has the lowest volatility burn off rate of any oil out there, less burn-off is less consumption. I also had really low consumption with Castrol Edge Titanium 10w30 this driving season, less than other oils I've run in the past.

jkelley

Check both sides of the dipstick too, every time you check. Not sure if someone has said this already or not.
But yes, the S is known as a terrible car for determining oil level by the dipstick. It can be accurate, of course, but it's just a pain and not very forgiving unless you do it exactly the right way.

hybridb18

These cars consume ALOT of oil. I've had my 02 for about 7 years now, bought it with 30k miles. Has about 75k on it now. Daily driving, it consumes about a Quart of oil a month or so. Thats just normal driving... getting on it every now and then. compression is 220 across the board, 5% leakdown. Its just part of life. Been running synthetic pennzoil and mobile 1 since day 1, same results. Just switched to regular pennzoil last week to see what happens. From what I can tell, im not seeing any puffs of smoke behind me anymore when I get on it.... crossing my fingers.

S2KIrishman

I hate when people say " these cars consume a lot of oil"...no, no they don't...some of them do, most of the ones with healthy motors that have the maintenance kept up do not...my 01 AP1 doesn't burn any oil...im also at 109k miles as well

Rays S2k

It just depends on how you maintain and how you drive as well

AP1Driver

I'd say, like any other engine, it has a lot to do with the break-in period. Piston rings have to be seated correctly under low load and low RPM. I understand that no head plate was used to bore the cylinders, and that may have some to do with it, but with the oil usage varying from owner to owner, it tells me that some people break them in correctly, most don't. Break-in oil should be changed in 40-50 miles on a brand new engine, any make, any model. Most people don't know this. Regardless of those who say that's unnecessary, in reality it's crucial due to the amount of sheared metal and shavings floating around in the sump at that point from initial reciprocation. My .02...

And if you don't want to worry about checking the PCV all the time, get rid of it like I stated. It's guaranteed not to seal 100% in either position and still leaves you with an oily manifold and small amounts of ingested oil. The only way to know there's no oil making it from the VC to the ignition (power) stroke is to get rid of the thing completely.. It's completely useless other than cleaning up emissions for Al Gore and his fools...

AZS2KDancer

I may be ignorant, but would an oil catch can set up help keep the PCV valve cleaner?

AP1Driver

A catch can will do what it's designed to do and catch excess vapor/oil. It's unnecessary though. It costs less than 10 bucks to do away with the assembly entirely...