I have never had to add any to my 07 997S. It has about 15,000 miles on it and I change the oil about every 7,500 miles, and have never had to add any oil between changes.

 

It's normal! Gaskit design, my M5 used to go through a liter a week

 

The real question is, how many cupcakes do you go through in a week?

 

+1 To all those who say it's normal. My '07 did the same thing for the first 1500- 2000 miles. I was topping it off every few hundred miles. Maybe 2 quarts total during that time period, then it settled down. Mileage is 3,600 now and doesn't use much more than my Boxster did, maybe 1/2 per 1K miles or less. Normal for a flat 6 engine.

 

My 996 C4S drank it up in the beginning

 

Yeah, bad engine design that's been around since the '60s and won Le Mans more than any other car manufacturer.

The owner's manual in the earlier air-cooled cars says 1 qt per 500 miles is normal, and that's after it's broken in. The main reason for this is that b/c the motor is horizontally opposed, you will always have some oil that's sitting in the cylinder after the car is shut-off. Once you fire it back up, the rings will scrape that oil and some of it will get pumped up and out of the combustion chamber.

I wouldn't sweat it. The consumption will go down, but it will always burn a little bit. It's normal.

 

 

I will show restraint!

 

LMAO.... seriously man change your user name

 

^^^

I can't beleive this..

DJ, on behalf of c****ke of bahrain, please change his nickname to DESIGNO cause this is his nickname used on different forums..