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Bought a 2018 Accord Touring 1.5 new in 2018. It has been dealer maintained since new and currently has 20.2K miles. I've noticed that it uses about 1/2 quart of oil in between oil changes, maybe a tad more. I have not seen oil leaking/staining where the car is normally parked (often for days on end). The car doesn't seem to smoke when it starts up nor when it is being driven. The oil does not smell like it has gasoline in it nor is the oil milky like coolant has mixed with the oil.
I've taken it to two dealers and they both said that this is normal oil consumption for this engine. OK but 1/2+ quart consumption in a low mileage car seems high to me. It's more than my wife's 2011 Mercedes SUV with 106K miles and only a little less than my 2000 F150 V8 with 268K miles. I need this car to last until the end of the year. By that time it could have close to 25K miles. I'm not sure if the oil consumption is increasing as I have only begun paying attention to it over the last two oil changes.
I'm curious if other owners are seeing a similar level of oil consumption.
I've taken it to two dealers and they both said that this is normal oil consumption for this engine. OK but 1/2+ quart consumption in a low mileage car seems high to me. It's more than my wife's 2011 Mercedes SUV with 106K miles and only a little less than my 2000 F150 V8 with 268K miles. I need this car to last until the end of the year. By that time it could have close to 25K miles. I'm not sure if the oil consumption is increasing as I have only begun paying attention to it over the last two oil changes.
I'm curious if other owners are seeing a similar level of oil consumption.