The Blue Phoenix - E46 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Wait who's damned?

You're doing the right thing, you spent a little bit of time and you verified you don't have a leak to worry about so you can focus on finding the problem. I think like you do, I'd rather spend the money on a replacement part than indefinitely spend it on oil, especially with how expensive synthetic is.

I'm just making a joke about how every other post says "Fix it now!" and other posts say "Don't worry about it and just drive.". I'm not sweating it. I don't have time to do anything that requires more than a couple of hours, and it really seems like the CCV could be the culprit. Too bad I don't have time to do that now, so it'll have to wait. Same with the caliper. It's not dragging terribly if it is, so I'll just keep driving. It's just a bother how quick this thing is burning oil. It went straight past the "Add oil soon" light to the "Add oil now" light yesterday. I smell so many different burning smells whenever I get out after driving, but no one else seems to smell anything. Paranoia.

Also, from what I can see, the rear sub frame is fine, which is no surprise.