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Not saying this is your problem but the gauge is weird.
I had a shop overfill my car by about a quart after which I drove and was convinced I had caused my car to start consuming oil.
I drove across the entire US and the oil indicator went from half to 1/4 over 3000 miles of highway driving
Overfill occurred, drove like that for about 50 miles, then fixed it myself to max and I then saw 1 quart consumed in city driving over 1000 miles.
Sweat bullets and then figured it was my fate. Put an extra quart in the trunk and called it a day.
Did some spirited driving and it's been at max for another 1k.
Went for a 300 mile highway drive starting at max and then stopped for gas and it was half. Had lunch and it was full again. Figured it was oil seeping back down into the pan causing the mis-measure. This happened both on the way out and back.
This all on what was originally a 17k 5 year old car.
I would start with the easier approaches. Add a quart in your trunk for safety. Do some true spirited driving. Go for a longer highway trip. Monitor. If it's definitely consuming then lift the car and see if you have a leak and go from there.
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