Mileage on the vehicle? 159,000? What is your Oil Pressure at Idle?
My son's 2002 TB has 240,000 Miles on it and idles at 40 PSI... No Smoke and NO Oil Consumption.... BUT....
I can't break my addiction to changing his 5w-30 Mobil1 with K&N Oil Filters every 3,000 miles I use in every one of my vehicles. I know the manufacturers all say that if you HAD to, you could do an OC at 15,000 miles if need be... but that is just asking for trouble. If you are consuming oil at the rate you mentioned... It might be worth it to knock 2,000 miles off between changes for say 2-3 OCs and see if it helps. Oil is very much like blood in the sense that both are liquids that have an enormous amount of solids suspended in their streams. In the case of human beings... red and white corpuscles and along with them using (eating) the wrong kind of "oils" and fats way too often that remain solid at room temperatures... will become a one-way ticket to an early death from Athero-Sclerosis (premature hardening of the arteries) and death in about 8 seconds from an MI (Myocardial Infarction) style Heart Attack where the cardiac blood vessels become instantly occluded when a lump of this "Bad Oil" along with too much Cholesterol breaks off and plugs those heart vessels... rock solid...and for good.
It is not an unfair comparison to say that Automotive Engines are no different in this respect. On every single stroke... a certain amount of unburned fuel by-passes the rings in all of the cylinders, carrying with it carbon particles, chemicals and atmospheric dirt from our imperfect air filtration and often entering of just plain dirty and neglected air filters. The presence of the gasoline accumulating in the oil (smell your dipstick and see) tends to "water down" the lubricity of ALL oils... not just organic motor oils, thereby reducing their ability to lubricate in the best possible condition and for as long as the oil change should last... which is about 3,000 Miles. So for the sake of a fairly expensive oil change every 3,000 miles... you get your money back on lower wear of the rotating assembly, more power and performance...and less blow by, better gas mileage and less oil burning as well because your oil...remains "oily". :>)