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burn notice
burn notice
The attached MB “star bulletin” relates to high oil consumption for the 63 (engine 156). They say that 1.35 quart/1000 mi is acceptable.
I’m not technical but it looks like CYA to me and I’d appreciate any feed back about if this is really normal for a perfect engine. I have a 997S with 10000 miles that has not burned any oil.
BTW, did you get the title – burn notice – like the TV show. HA HA HA. I’m so clever; I don’t even know how I can live with myself.
The attached MB “star bulletin” relates to high oil consumption for the 63 (engine 156). They say that 1.35 quart/1000 mi is acceptable.
I’m not technical but it looks like CYA to me and I’d appreciate any feed back about if this is really normal for a perfect engine. I have a 997S with 10000 miles that has not burned any oil.
BTW, did you get the title – burn notice – like the TV show. HA HA HA. I’m so clever; I don’t even know how I can live with myself.
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Suspect it's CYA....esp in era of falling sales vols and profit margins, any mfr wants to control warranty repair costs (often a profit ctr for dealers)
In my expce, any perf motor (esp turbos) from AMG, F or P has variable rates of oil burn, esp in first ~3K mis....mechanics don't seem to understand variances...so need for mfr to place wide parameters on "normal" to avoid lots of unnecessary warranty expense
Oil burn is much like squeaking w/perf brakes, which Big 3 (AMG, F and P) occasionally suffer...again, have never been convinced mechanics have a logical explanation (or solution) for this random issue
Have had dozens of new AMG/F/P over past 10yrs...can't recall any w/material oil burn (except one 996TTS) or any w/squeaky brakes (except one 996TTS and one 997TT, both w/PCCBs)
In my expce, any perf motor (esp turbos) from AMG, F or P has variable rates of oil burn, esp in first ~3K mis....mechanics don't seem to understand variances...so need for mfr to place wide parameters on "normal" to avoid lots of unnecessary warranty expense
Oil burn is much like squeaking w/perf brakes, which Big 3 (AMG, F and P) occasionally suffer...again, have never been convinced mechanics have a logical explanation (or solution) for this random issue
Have had dozens of new AMG/F/P over past 10yrs...can't recall any w/material oil burn (except one 996TTS) or any w/squeaky brakes (except one 996TTS and one 997TT, both w/PCCBs)
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