MT Oil consumption failure

Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am Oil consumption failure is greatest in manuel transmissions due to down shifts above 5,000 rpm creating negative vacuum. I'm not sure what he

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

Oil consumption failure is greatest in manuel transmissions due to down shifts above 5,000 rpm creating negative vacuum.

I'm not sure what he means by that. He's implying that people with oil consumption issues downshift into high RPMs frequently? Or does doing a few high RPM downshifts then induce a persistent oil consumption thereafter?

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