Thread: The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XV
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Old 09-22-2014, 11:23 AM   #315 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mishuko View Post
Open question (please don't flame too hard)

do you guys top up your oil in-between changes? I have my maintanence schedueld in November, have run about 5500km so far, not 100% sure what came from the dealership but can safely assume 5w30. I checked the dip-stick and it's about half between the two open holes. It has come down a bit (I read it was normal to have a bit of oil burn), getting darker in color (was yellow before now a doodoo brown)...

So real question is add quart of a quart or just do a weekly check and if it does drop more then top it up?

Please halp so we can put '/end amateur hour' down for the day!
yes, you need to add 5w30. color itself does not tell how broken down the oil is. (old people say dark color = bad/worn... this is not true). i still add oil every now and then at 16k miles on the odo.
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