As a new car, you may see excessive oil consumption for the first few thousand miles. Hopefully it will improve. But it is widely known in the Pepper community that many of them (and the CTT as a certainty) have high oil consumption.

 

I'm using about a quart every 1300 miles. I also don;t understand why they would design an engine that consumes oil, but at least the guage lets us know when to fill, lol. I have a family member using MUCH MORE in a 2011 CTT. It leaves me windering why, but at least the vehicle is sold, comfortable and drives good!

 

Been through this process before with a 2011 Turbo and it's totally normal and nothing to worry about.

- At 1,000km: Dealer added 1.8L of Mobil 1

- Now at approx 3,000km: I added 800ml and she was back to max again

 

In the market for a new Cayenne but the oil issue is disturbing. Had a 2008 Cayenne GTS that we put over 24,000 miles on in just under two years ( disposed of it after rather significant hit in the rear, yes the kid was texting) and while I changed the oil every 5000 miles, other than that I added at most 1 quart of oil in the 24,000 miles. Lots of highway driving and towing.

 

From what I am learning, it is normal, or atleast 'expected'. One reason I have been told is that it is because of the relatively thin oil used in the Cayenne. The thin oil gets consumed but it is results in less engine wear during starts. I had a Mercedes AMG and it also consumed oil but not to this extent. I find it odd they design an engine to consume oil, but I also think if anyoen can design an engine right, Porsche could. I quit worrying about it as there is nothing else about the vehicle that botehrs me and it runs and drives excellent. I'd rather have this issue than a vehicle with incurable rattles, wierd engine noise or other problems I have had with other vehicles. I just keep some fo the oil with me and that reduces the strees of running low and not being able to find the oil. the dealer and Autozone stock it, both for about $8/quart.

 

States in the manual under technical data that consuming up to 1.58 quarts per 600 miles is within spec., that works out to 2.63 quarts per thousand miles!

 

After reading of this issue, I picked up a six pack of oil from Amazon. FWIW, I now have 500 miles on my CS and the oil level is still where it was on the day I drove it off of the lot. I'm not really babying the car, but do try to keep it under 4500rpm. However, I've had it over 6k a few times....it's difficult not to.

Still, I'm with you Scott. Either way, it's a great ride.

 

Check oil levels twice a week, get a few readings and dont top off until its at the lowest bar within the needed levels and get one of these like I did:
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product...IntAccessories

 

Add me to the list of high oil consumption.

At 900 miles my oil level went from full to red/critical. It took 2quarts to come back to normal.

I'm not sure I believe the oil level readings on the on-board computer.

Our local dealer (Carousel) has been very helpful in watching this.

 

Hey Everyone, I too have the oil issue. I just brought the truck in because the minimum oil level warning came on. It took 3 quarts. The dealership said this should pretty much go away over 5k miles. They said in the mean time just bring it by when its getting low and they will fill it up gratis.

Kind of a pain in the butt, but lets be honest, the balance of performance vs daily usability is always a challenge. I still love the truck!

 

On a somewhat related topic - are any 2011 owners having problems with the oil level indicator not resetting after you add oil? Oil level indicator reads "level will be available in few minutes or few miles" and it never resets. Dealer fixed it today and was not reading again by the time I got home. A problem if you have to add oil every 500 miles.

 

You should not open the front hood while engine is running ! This is the trick , you need to switch off engine before you open the hood and add oil or even watching your engine !
I had to add the first one liter ( quart ) at the 1000 km ( 600 miles ) for my cayenne S 2011 which handed over on 20 august , the added oil on an average of 1 liter every 1,700 km ( 1,100 miles) last time 1.2 liter was added at the 7000 km and now it's 8400 km and only quarter liter is down , it seems it improving after the 7000 km . Will wait and see .
Another issue , does any one have my problem , my cayenne S 2011 is performing well and going smooth with low engine sound and the next day it'd slower with higher engine sound ?! Does anyone have similar problem ?

 

I am having the same problem with oil consumption on my 2011 Cayenne S. Picked the car up 12/11/10 and within a week, the minimum oil warning light came on. I took it back to the dealer and they added a quart and said it would eat oil for a few thousand miles, then should stop. I now have 3100 miles and have added 5 quarts of oil. I guess it is good to see others are having the same problem but it is hard to believe Porsche would put out an engine that burns this much oil.

 

CTT should consume 1 quart of oil approximately every 800 miles for the first 5,000 miles. Afterwards the consumption should drop dramatically, according to Porsche service. I just added a quart at around 800 miles. I know a BMW M5 owner with the same deal, so I guess this is how it goes with high performance engines.

 

At 6600 miles my last quart lasted about 1500 miles....