The car burns oil, of that I am certain. It doesn't HAVE to smoke to be burning oil. The car was using a qt every 400 miles before I did anything to it. After the lubro moly flush it went 1200 miles before it needed a qt. then slowly consumption went back to 400. I am sure the rings were temporarily unstuck and then slowly crapped up again.
But I am now sure I am leaking a decent amount too.
I find it comical that I will end up replacing my clutch and flywheel not because they failed (still on OEM clutch at 202k miles) but because the rear main exploded.