[mini-is-4-me]

So I have a (new) Used 2011 Mini Cooper S. Car runs great, starts easily, idles fine, no codes, 64K. After I bought I changed the oil, replaced the plugs, the coils, new HPFP, new Fuel Filter. However, since my oil change, I've put about 700 mile on the car and after 500 or so it was a quart low. After another 200 miles, it looks to be another 1/4 quart off top. That seems like a lot of oil use to me.

I'm running 5w-30, Castrol, Full Synth. I see no oil leaks under the car, around the valve cover or anywhere obvious (yet). Muffler pipes are black at the rear of the car.

My question is even though my PCV value is working and there are no codes, is it possible that it gets clogged, or weak and this is causing more oil by-pass into my turbo and intake?

 

[mini-is-4-me]

I used seafoam before/in my last oil change.
I don't see any colored smoke at all. Also, I don't see/feel anything out of the exhaust except for hot Co2.
I'm trying to find out why my car is using so much oil.

A quart every 1000 miles seems like too much oil to me.

 

[mini-is-4-me]

Also,

Symptoms of a Bad or Failing Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) Valve | YourMechanic Advice

Common signs of a faulty PCV valve include excessive oil consumption, oil leaking, a blocked breather filter, and reduction in overall performance.

www.yourmechanic.com

"
Symptoms of a Bad or Failing Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) Valve
Common signs of a faulty PCV valve include excessive oil consumption, oil leaking, a blocked breather filter, and reduction in overall performance."

and this-->

 

[mini-is-4-me]

1/4 every 1000 miles is good for a prince engine,

Not 1/4...that would be great.
One FULL Quart (1 L) of oil ever 1000 miles. I stress full because I'm only 900 miles and I burned a whole quart.

That much oil going into my turbo and intake will kill the turbo real soon and the intake will look like a dirty BBQ. That can't be right. I'm using a 1/2 L of oil will each full tank of gas. I can't find any oil on the ground but I do see some old dirty oil under the filter housing but it could have been from some sloppy oil changes eons ago. Its not fresh.

 

[mini-is-4-me]

yep that is still within the spec the factory says to people who bought brand new no mileage cars and they also use as much in some cases more depending on if use all the rev band when driving them, not many petrol turbo if any cars on the road these days that use no oil due to pcv,, you could catch can the system but would need to have ecu programmed ie remove the self check file from it so dont throw eml on, and of were me while having that done might as well have a map dropped on it and better panel filter as well as wont be much more to do,

1. I' believe you can put a catch can in line with the existing piping so as to not have to change the ECU. I think I have seen a YouTube on that. I've thought about the oil catch can so far I haven't find one that has both a baffle or way to produce more cooling condensate as well as a fullness indicator and drain on in the same design. I may have to modify one is what I am thinking to my liking.
2. I'm not sure where I would go for a remapping. It looks to all be in the UK or Netherlands and I'm here in the US. Also,not sure I want to deviate too far off stock. It looks pretty expensive 1/5 of what I paid for the car. Also, it would be higher insurance.
3. By Panel filter, you mean the air filter right? Something like this??