The shop finally found the answer: SLUDGE. Whoever owned this car before me never took care of it, so there is massive sludge build-up in the engine. Of all the things that could have gone wrong I get the worst one. I have only had the car for about 3 months. The sludge is so bad that the whole engi...

It has been over a month, and the problem has gotten worse. The car has been burning oil not coolant. The coolant level has not changed at all, but the oil level does keep dropping. Whenever I slow down and then quickly speed back up, there is a huge lurch from the exhaust and thick heavy smoke plum...

Speed_Racer: Yes, the shop told me the oil was getting low. I got an oil change the week I got the car about a month ago. I still have about 1,500 miles to go until the next oil change. The theory the dealer shop had was build-up/deposits in the system. They want to use some engine cleaner (MOC?) wh...

Year: 2011
Mileage: 47,000
Transmission: CVT, Paddle Shifters

Thanks for the replies. I will talk to the shop about it some more.

My car seems to be burning oil. On my first long highway trip with my car I noticed white smoke coming out of the exhaust. It only lasted a second but it was a lot of smoke. I noticed the smell of burning oil soon afterwards. I also noticed what felt like a slip in the transmission right before the ...