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I'd recommend replacing the PCV system as Astro14 is saying. You can read more about it yourself, but it can also cause increased consumption. If the flushes aren't helping, that might be the problem. And ~75k is exactly the time I'd do this (I'll do mine around 80k). My opinion is that if...

And here we go :)

1) No - at 55k. Oil was changed at 52k and was a quart down at that time, so I did buy it knowing it burnt oil - just didn’t think much of it until I looked into it more. The previous owner followed long OCIs and most of the miles were work commutes so, I’m assuming, stop and go on a highway...

Much appreciated :). I bought it about a year ago at an excellent price, knowing what work had to be done ...though I definitely underestimated it with all these stupid lifetime fluids and now the oil burning. The upside is that I've learned an immense amount about how cars can fail and how to...

Hi everyone, I have a 2013 Volvo S60 T5 with slight oil burning - around 1qt/3k. Seems like the issue is badly designed low tension piston rings with small grooves, where carbon can plug up the drain holes. I want to clean them out without pulling the pistons and changing the rings. Sure, a...

How did BG EPR end up working for you? Is your oil consumption gone or greatly diminished? I'm in a similar situation to you and am wondering if I should do the EPR flush.