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Jafster
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: abbeywood Drives: Corsa Turbo
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2nd Mar 05 at 06:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much oil do you use in youre engine a week ?
should i worry that im using about 1 an a half liters a week! or is this normal?
im just using the car to and from work and the occasional tear about
willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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2nd Mar 05 at 07:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is this normal? PMSL.

this is NOT NORMAL unless your name is fad.

find out if oil is leaking from somewhere, any on your driveway?
Adam-D
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2nd Mar 05 at 07:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you are either burning it or have a big ass leak
Joff
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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2nd Mar 05 at 08:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How many miles do you do a week?
mav
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Location: Scotland
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2nd Mar 05 at 08:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not using any oil really..not that you would notice anyway..Adnd I have a slight leak from somewhere...
jr
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2nd Mar 05 at 09:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by willay
is this normal? PMSL.

this is NOT NORMAL unless your name is fad.

find out if oil is leaking from somewhere, any on your driveway?


willay
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2nd Mar 05 at 09:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was waiting for you to pick up on this thread jr.

*tips hat*
jr
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2nd Mar 05 at 09:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


fad is the only person i know of who has a driveway sposored by castrol
Andy GSi
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Shropshire, Drives 2.0l 16v Corsa
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2nd Mar 05 at 09:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well all these engines leak, but not that much. just jack it up and see where its coming from, the sump is the most common problem! have u looked where its leaking from?
X 60RSA
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Location: Lincoln
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2nd Mar 05 at 09:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go out in it at night, get a mate to follow you or be behind you at some traffic lights............boot the hell outta yours and see if it smokes!

Mines burning a fair bit but mainly on full load...........cant see anything in the day, always easier to see when your looking in your rear view mirror and there is a car behind when its dark.
ARD1
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2nd Mar 05 at 10:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
place an old newpaper under your cars engine, and leave it foe a period of time, when you come back pull out/look at the paper to see where about the oil is coming from[ maybe more than one place] and how much your leeking. should give u more of an idea where the leek is
CorsAsh
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2nd Mar 05 at 10:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It could be the oil pump gasket. If I remember rightly, that went on my mate's XE - with it bein right on the pump, the oil gets shot out under pressure...

Do you lose more when your engine's running than when its off?
Scott M
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Registered: 15th Feb 01
Location: Bexleyheath, Kent
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2nd Mar 05 at 12:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine has a reasonable leak and smokes like a bitch!
bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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2nd Mar 05 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1.5 litres a week!! shit mine hardly drinks that a year i doubt!
I check mine pretty much daily and it stays at the full line
Darren
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2nd Mar 05 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jr


fad is the only person i know of who has a driveway sposored by castrol


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Jafster
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2nd Mar 05 at 13:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no its not leaking lee had sorted out where it was leaking from the gearbox and replaced the seal...
im actully burning it..

might be down to when i put foot down and i get alot of smoke -something to to with vavle stems so im told?
bradfincham
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2nd Mar 05 at 13:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh if your valve stem seals are gone when you boot it you will get blue smoke out the back
Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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2nd Mar 05 at 13:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they must be rightly fooked to burn that much.......
Jafster
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2nd Mar 05 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol its drank over 5ltrs since i got it.. gonna have to look into this.
Siberia
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2nd Mar 05 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
head off job....
leeshez
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Location: Great Harwood, Lancashire
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2nd Mar 05 at 14:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine does not use oil
Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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2nd Mar 05 at 16:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yet another case of dropping an engine straight in with out a rebuild i feel??

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Tom N
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Location: Bradford/Sheff (Uni) Drives: Golf GTI
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2nd Mar 05 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^some people have to learn the hard way

 
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