99 SC2 Oil Consumption

My daughter's 1999 SC2 consumes copious amounts of oil. It is
somewhere in the 1,500 miles/quart range. She has roughly 30K miles
on it. At least some of the oil loss is from an oil leak.

From the internet, I see stories saying that my daughter's oil mileage
is about the average for a Saturn of that era. I also saw that Saturn
issued a technical service bulletin on what it considers normal Saturn
oil mileage.

However, what I want to know is what is the normal oil consumption for
a Saturn SC2? What have other people experienced out there?

 

I have had a 1999 SC2 since it was new . It now has 75,000 kilometers on it
and it uses no oil whatsoever to this point . I consider myself fortunate .

 

She has roughly 30K miles

An oil leak with only 30k miles. Bummer.

I own a 97 SC2 that I bought new. It has about 50k miles on it. No oil
leaks.....yet.
Knocking on wood. Between oil changes
.......every 3 months, it doesn`t burn a drop. I don`t know if this matters
but I drive the car very hard. Have already had 2
front end brake jobs and am already on my second set of tires.
Dan.

 

My friend drives his 120k Saturn as hard as I've ever seen or driven
myself... And it doesn't burn a drop of oil either... There is a web site
out there that talks about a different break-in technique that uses high
revs and hard driving a bit... Seems to work for him and others...

I'll try to find the link and post it.

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My 97 started consuming oil in the low 30k range, and ended up with a
rebuild at 44k.

 

I have a '99 SL2 and it averages a quart every three thousand miles.
Have you changed the oil absolutely at 3k intervals. Saturns do not
like dirty more so than other makes. I have 78000 on this one. My old
'93 ran a quart every three. I would suggest that you do a couple of
every two thousand changes just to clear out crud that may be causing
the problem. The way you drive will also determine the oil consumption.

 

A lot of oil consumption on the 1.9L engines seems to be due to carbon
build-up on the rings. Driving the engine harder (within reason) may
actually help with this, as higher engine temperatures will tend to burn off
carbon buildup in the combustion chamber. As well, using better-quality oil
(ex: synthetic) and changing it regularly will help.