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Message: <blockquote data-quote="daneast" data-source="post: 19147" data-attributes="member: 6666">We have a 2015, 2.4l we bought new. It was always serviced by the dealer every 3k miles. It only has 75k miles on it, and it is burning about a quart of oil every 300 miles. We first noticed the problem about a year ago. A few weeks after the dealership changed the oil I noticed the camshaft / rocker arms sounded like they were knocking. I checked the oil and it didn't even show on the dipstick. I was pretty ticked that the dealer shorted us a full quart of oil. I added a quart, then a few weeks later, same thing. That's when I started searching and became aware of the engineering flaw with these engines.So we religiously watched the oil level, keeping a list of each time we added oil. We're now adding a quart about every 300 miles. I changed the spark plugs, and the #3 was covered in oil. It's now smoking when the RPMs are high (like downshifting to accelerate onto the interstate) it's blowing some smoke.I know there is no recall on the 2015, and our state doesn't appear to have a class action suite at this time. Checked with the dealer today, and they said nope, it's not under warranty and there aren't any special provisions for this issue.Is it usually just one piston that goes bad? I kind of assumed they all were burning oil equally due to the poorly designed pistons / rings.I just finished a complete rebuild of a 1.6l 16v engine for my Samurai (also rebuilt the transmission when I swapped it in), but looking over this engine it may be more than I can do myself. That serpentine timing chain doesn't look fun to mess with.Anyways, what are our options? Doesn't sound like anyone is getting Chevy to pay up on these design flaws. Any oils or additives that reduce the issue? Is it okay to just burn away the oil and as long as it's kept topped off it'll go indefinitely?Thanks.</blockquote>

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