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2019 Burning / Excessive Oil
Posting here as a matter of principle, my 2019 Traverse AWD started burning oil at 55k. I am adding 1/2 QT every 1k miles. This is a new situation, first 50k zero adds between regular oil changes. I have a service appointment coming up to diagnose, will report back.
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That does seem early in its life.
Check to see if your PCV system if clear and if your throttle body has evidence of excessive oil getting sucked into intake.
Dealer service dept states they will only investigate anything possibly related to this after putting me on an oil consumption monitoring plan. I was due for an oil change and they changed it. At the next 1k I bring the car back and they check the level. Comment from rep "1/2QT oil consumption per 800-1k miles is normal" and I said no and that is not acceptable for me to have to add any oil especially at 55k. We'll see what we look like in a few weeks...
You are getting the standard GM oil usage response. I believe they've been using that line for years.
4 quarts every 10,000 miles will ruin every sniffer in the exhaust and the sour the CAT"1/2QT oil consumption per 800-1k miles is normal" .
That is 100% standard verbiage I've heard from GM, Honda, BMW and other dealers/manufacturers.Dealer service dept states they will only investigate anything possibly related to this after putting me on an oil consumption monitoring plan. I was due for an oil change and they changed it. At the next 1k I bring the car back and they check the level. Comment from rep "1/2QT oil consumption per 800-1k miles is normal" and I said no and that is not acceptable for me to have to add any oil especially at 55k. We'll see what we look like in a few weeks...
Which I find to be absolute garbage because...
...this. Catalytic converters cannot cope with a lot of oil and the O2 sensors are certainly not happy coated in oil either.4 quarts every 10,000 miles will ruin every sniffer in the exhaust and the sour the CAT
And knowing CATs are very expensive to replace and oftentimes difficult to replace I'm not sure I'd be willing to accept any oil burning as "normal".
My 2020 burns .5 quarts in 6,000 miles with 40k miles on the clock, and I think that's allot!
My 2005 Duramax with 300k miles burns zero qts per every 10k mile OCI.
My 2005 Duramax with 300k miles burns zero qts per every 10k mile OCI.
I have a 2012 Traverse that started using oil about a quart every 1000 miles. I removed the air tube from the filter to the throttle. Oil was inside. 2012 doesn’t have a PCV valve, just a metal unit with small inlet hole and two small exit holes. This plugged and pressurized the engine and oil was pushed into the intake. I replaced this can and increased hole sizes almost double. Stopped my oil consumption. I don’t know if the 2019 has the same. Check for oil in the air intake, if it’s there, probably the positive crankcase tube is plugged. I also spray a little cleaner into the rube to this every oil change.Posting here as a matter of principle, my 2019 Traverse AWD started burning oil at 55k. I am adding 1/2 QT every 1k miles. This is a new situation, first 50k zero adds between regular oil changes. I have a service appointment coming up to diagnose, will report back.
After 1.1k miles nothing noticeable lost on the dipstick reading. The Chevy dealer recorded that & said to bring it back if it happens in the future. I will continue to update. I wonder if when they changed the oil last go around when I had to add, if they missed a Qt on the fill and it just burned down to the low point. I didn't check it until I started getting the low light when I started adding 1/2 Qt every 1k.
I doubt they missed a quart. My 2019 burned oil too. About a quart between oil changes consistently. GM' s CYA "normal" oil consumption range is up to a quart per 1,000mls. In other words, they will never do anything about an engine burning oil.
GM vehicles are the only modern vehicles I have owned that burned oil.
GM vehicles are the only modern vehicles I have owned that burned oil.
several other big name automakers have service bulletins regarding oil burning.
Subaru, bmw, acura.
Subaru, bmw, acura.
As an update, I continued to burn about 1qt every 3-4k miles. I have documented it with the dealer but they have nothing to say except that it is by design.
My 2015 burns less than a half quart between 6k oil changes. Once I thought it was starting to use oil but found that I hadn't got the filter on tight.
I also have a 2019 Chevy traverse and at 54k it started burning oil too . We would have to add some . Last night engine light came on so we had to add . this is the3rd time it did this .Posting here as a matter of principle, my 2019 Traverse AWD started burning oil at 55k. I am adding 1/2 QT every 1k miles. This is a new situation, first 50k zero adds between regular oil changes. I have a service appointment coming up to diagnose, will report back.
I am getting the same story from the dealership on my 2020. Started at 35k. I have a 4Runner with 180k, never added oil in between changes. I have an accord with 270k that I’ve never added oil to. I have a 79 F250 that i add oil to, which I would expect, but much less than the traverse
Mine has been burning oil steadily since around 50k miles and has 135k now. While replacing the EVAP valve on the back of the engine I found I had a lot of oil in my intake. The source seems to be the PCV valve.
I'm not sure if anyone has done it but I replaced my PCV valve ($13) and the Crankcase Ventilation Tube ($25). I also went ahead and ran Sea Foam through the crankcase to clean up the carbon buildup that I know was present and after about 100 miles the engine sounded and ran better then it has in a long time. I'm not 100% convinced that the replacement parts will fix the oil issue so I went ahead and bought an Evil Energy Baffled oil catch can ($35 off Amazon) that I'm going to install this weekend so I can see how much oil is still making it through and stop it from entering the intake. Fingers crossed this helps!
This traverse has turned me away from GM and their customer service completely. In less then 150k miles I've had to have them replace the busted factory defect exhaust (only lasted 2 months and broke again so I had an exhaust show rebuild it), both cat converters, plus the above parts. GM offers little to no support and just wants to give the run around on everything. After the exhaust busted the 2nd time they told me it was because of the bad cat converters.... which are upstream from the break...
I'm not sure if anyone has done it but I replaced my PCV valve ($13) and the Crankcase Ventilation Tube ($25). I also went ahead and ran Sea Foam through the crankcase to clean up the carbon buildup that I know was present and after about 100 miles the engine sounded and ran better then it has in a long time. I'm not 100% convinced that the replacement parts will fix the oil issue so I went ahead and bought an Evil Energy Baffled oil catch can ($35 off Amazon) that I'm going to install this weekend so I can see how much oil is still making it through and stop it from entering the intake. Fingers crossed this helps!
This traverse has turned me away from GM and their customer service completely. In less then 150k miles I've had to have them replace the busted factory defect exhaust (only lasted 2 months and broke again so I had an exhaust show rebuild it), both cat converters, plus the above parts. GM offers little to no support and just wants to give the run around on everything. After the exhaust busted the 2nd time they told me it was because of the bad cat converters.... which are upstream from the break...
GM "Customer Service"............... does suck A$$
Mine has been burning oil steadily since around 50k miles and has 135k now. While replacing the EVAP valve on the back of the engine I found I had a lot of oil in my intake. The source seems to be the PCV valve.
I'm not sure if anyone has done it but I replaced my PCV valve ($13) and the Crankcase Ventilation Tube ($25). I also went ahead and ran Sea Foam through the crankcase to clean up the carbon buildup that I know was present and after about 100 miles the engine sounded and ran better then it has in a long time. I'm not 100% convinced that the replacement parts will fix the oil issue so I went ahead and bought an Evil Energy Baffled oil catch can ($35 off Amazon) that I'm going to install this weekend so I can see how much oil is still making it through and stop it from entering the intake. Fingers crossed this helps!
This traverse has turned me away from GM and their customer service completely. In less then 150k miles I've had to have them replace the busted factory defect exhaust (only lasted 2 months and broke again so I had an exhaust show rebuild it), both cat converters, plus the above parts. GM offers little to no support and just wants to give the run around on everything. After the exhaust busted the 2nd time they told me it was because of the bad cat converters.... which are upstream from the break...
Any pics of the install?
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