Sean880
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Yeah true, I emailed the dealer last night and booked a service for the end of this week. I saw from another forum/thread that if there is still excessive engine oil consumption, then the dealer may take the car in to replace the piston rings.
Since the service intervals are 15,000kms, 30,000kms, 45,000kms...it should not be necessary to have to replace the engine oil during those service periods and nor should the oil levels drop so low that the dip-stick can't even get a reading!
If that is what people think then they will end up destroying their engines. You need to check oil (and other fluid) levels WEEKLY - especially if you are running 100s of kms weekly as most people are. If the oil level is down from full you top it back up. Simple. That way you don't end up with the oil level dropping to dangerously low levels.
You clearly never checked your oil levels in 8000 km of driving and allowed the oil level to drop too low thus causing possible engine damage from lack of lubrication. If the oil consumption was excessive you would have been alerted to this very early with just weekly checks on oil levels from new and had the car into the dealer to check out.
No engine can run 15000 kms without burning some oil. Manufacturer service intervals have nothing to do with engine oil consumption. You will need to top up a vehicle's engine oil between service intervals if you leave 15000 km between oil changes - even 10000 km and less.
People should read their owner's handbooks on weekly checks. GM does not write that for fun.
If your vehicle was using excessive oil from new then I sympathize with you but it is negligent not to frequently check engine oil levels, coolant levels etc in your vehicle.
Had you followed GMs instructions you would have picked up the oil consumption issue very early, never allowed the oil level to drop too low and had the car checked out before any possible damage to the engine was done.
Anyhow I hope the problem is fixed for you.