Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 i think my engine is chewing up oil but i have never ever seen any smokey color in exhaust fumes, i cant see any leaks....any thoughts.......is it natural for an engine to burn a little oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 How much are you loosing? and over what period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 hi mate, is yours a twin turbo? i know my old soop use to drink oil like it was on a pub crawl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 it dropped a quater of a dipstick in about a week, i havent driven the car since to see if i can see were it may be going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 its a jap import 3.0 auto non turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 also whats the best oil to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 it dropped a quater of a dipstick in about a week, i havent driven the car since to see if i can see were it may be going That's not normal mate, around 0.5 litre for every 5000 miles (10-20% hard driving) is nothing to worry about How many miles did you do? Edit-I see yours is an n/a, you should have minimal oil loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 hmm - was it driven hard during that time? every day? when did you last do an oil/filter change? 10-40 fully synthetic... some people go for the real expensive stuff but i used magnatec without any problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 i do about 150 miles a week, i have been checking the oil and water on a daily basis, i rolled back the car to check underneath to see for oil residue on the floor but nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 also whats the best oil to use Id go for GTX Mag. 10w40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 i do about 150 miles a week, i have been checking the oil and water on a daily basis, i rolled back the car to check underneath to see for oil residue on the floor but nothing you probably wouldn't see anything on the floor given there should be an undertray beneath the engine mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 i do about 150 miles a week, i have been checking the oil and water on a daily basis, i rolled back the car to check underneath to see for oil residue on the floor but nothing i would not worry about it to be honest - check the level again after its been driven (and then left to cool ) a while later to see if its gone down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 i do about 150 miles a week, i have been checking the oil and water on a daily basis, i rolled back the car to check underneath to see for oil residue on the floor but nothing Strange, Was it parked in the same place when you checked? Did you allow sufficient time for the oil to collect in the sump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mk47 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 also whats the best oil to use go for silkolene pro-s 10w40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 cheers for the info, when im doing normal driving i dont boot it much, probably just needs a good service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glasgow_bhoy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 wkdtime: i have not driven the car for a week just moved it back and forward to see for leaks, no oil has leaked since i checked last as it has not been driven, i will drive it tommorow and check after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 go for silkolene pro-s 10w40 Overkill for an n/a tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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