Hey guys, ive been watching the forum for a while but my car has gotten to the point where I need some advice from other Camaro owners. Heres the rundown.
I bought an 2011 LS Camaro last year with around 52k miles on it. It was my first newer car and seemed like a good idea at the time. I still don't necessarily think it was a bad idea. After about 3k miles driving however I noticed that my dipstick was bone dry. I top it off and take it in to the dealership and they schedule consumptions tests. I did four consumptions tests where it came in 2 quarts low, "not low", 1.5 quarts low, and 2 quarts low again.
After these tests, the dearlership initially tried to say that the oil consumption level was normal, or that it was caused because I have a manual transmission and the oil is being sucked in by engine braking?
I don't drive my car hard enough to warrant 2 quarts of oil be sucked every 1000 miles, that sounded like crazy talk to me.
They also said it was an anomaly that my car burned oil and they have never seen this issue with a v6 camaro, but after mentioning some of the posts I saw on here with other people had trouble with the v6 engines they decided to fix the issues by replacing the piston rings only. I think I saw a thread a while back where someone eventually had the engine replaced due to oil consumption issues due to it blowing up, so I am almost certain this isn't an anomaly as they claim.
They replaced the piston rings back in October, and I checked the oil about 2000 miles later and noticed it was a little low but didn't think anything of it. Another 2000 miles later, (total of 4000 miles since the piston ring repair to fix the oil consumption) I take the car back to the dealership for an oil change. Right before I drop the car off I check the oil again, and to my surprise the dip stick is bone dry again. I had to take it out and check it a few times to believe what I was seeing. The guy takes it back and gives it an oil change noting that the car was "6 quarts low"..... The 3.6l only holds 6 quarts...
The dealerships response was to start the consumption tests over again and go from there. I kind of feel like im getting the run around so im going to call Chevrolet/Gm about the warranty process and see if I can get any more information. But can anyone of the guys who were having issues with the 3.6l burning oil chime in on my situation, the ridiculous amount of oil its burning, and how you were able to resolve the situation? Thanks