CSR 260 oil consumption

[Jason Plato]

except the one on the front right seat , before anyone comes along 😬

[weeman]

before anyone comes along

DJ, your posts were between 11.51 and 11.51, you didn't give us much time did you?

Be lucky!!

 

Martin

[Jason Plato]

cant risk it 😬

[millsn]

My 200 brake zetec uses a little oil. Must be the exception to the rule. That is when I actually ever drive it! Only when it's being caned though.

[huwp]

O/T But I've just had a new engine after 6,000 miles in a new Polo GTI. VW tried to argue that a 1.4 producing 180 bhp and 128 bhp per litre would use oil. It was using 1 and 1/2 litres every 1,000 miles. The dealer thought that totally unacceptable and after some agro with VW the engine was replaced.

 

The consumption you are experiencing does seem high.

[The Pikey]

I wonder if the variation could be down to how they are run in and what oil they are run in on? I don't think CC spec any different oil for running in do they? The POBC suggested I used a mineral oil to run my Duratec in and I decided to give it the beans from day one (as soon as the oil was hot of course). After 500 miles I used Fuch's 5-40 synthetic. To date it seemed to be working well as it has used no oil and although it hasn't seen a proper track yet it will on Monday so I'll see how it does then.

 

Jason

[Croc]

 

For the first 500 miles my CSR ate up about 0.5L of mineral oil. For the next 900 miles it has run on Castrol semi-synthetic, had two hard track days, and seemingly only gone through 0.2L. I keep topping up but it is being spit out into the catch tank so it must have found the right level. Probably wasted the other 0.8L in the catch tank!