Mazda 3 BL 2010 2.0MZR DISI - engine burning oil/wet valve cover

patryk_CELAENOB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year ago

Hello!

My 2010 M3 2.0MZR DISI is consuming 2.5-3l of engine oil per 10000km. Which is my assumption because I went through 900ml in 3500km.

On top of that, the top of the valve cover seems to be wet (especially around the dipstick), but it doesn’t really look like fresh oil - can you tell me what could be causing this? Because I feel like these may be related.

Please note, that I own the car for a few months so no idea what was going on with it before.

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