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Message: <blockquote data-quote="astroboy" data-source="post: 533311" data-attributes="member: 4527">Is his 3-pointed star running magnesium engine too? 5w-30 engine oil?! 2.5L pumping 218hp or 87.2hp/L? if no, then u r comparing apple to orange.I'm not saying this oil loss characteristic is "normal" to all engine but for the magnesium N52 running on 5w-30 engine oil, most if not all gets the +1L warning between 7~8k km. Some just treat that as oil change signal so instead top up, they just perform a full oil change.Try 5W-40 oil, oil loss is less, even the Castrol 0w-30 also seems better than the 5w-30 oil.. u can test it out.</blockquote>