david85
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I'm currently driving it to and from work, 45 miles both ways, 5 days a week. It's a mix of highway, city, and backroads driving, but mostly highway at 60 mph, so maybe 3,000-ish rpm (no tachometer).
I wasn't overly concerned about the oil consumption, but I thought if there was an easy fix, it'd be nice not to have to top it off so often and save some money on oil. Sounds like it's not out of the ordinary, so I'll probably just keep driving it as is for a while.
Mine used to do the same on the highway (I was usually at 2400-2600). The stem seals could probably be done on a weekend, although I'd pick a long weekend just in case. Although I prefer not to spin up to 3000 all day, these engines can take it.