Oil Consumption Mk1

[mdotrutherford]

Nothing surfacing on a search but what do people average with oil use between service's ?
My son having recently got his Mk1 and having done his first 1700 miles in it found the dipstick well down and required 1.5 litres to the full mark.
It had been recently serviced and was full prior to him buying it, no external leaks underneath and the drive stays clean where he parks so it is only
going one place but alas it never smokes either.
Appreciate if anybody cares to comment or give experience of a similar trends

ETA Its done 98k

Edited by mdotrutherford on Sunday 6th April 16:59

[Munter]

Mine uses about a liter in 9000 miles (e.g. between services). If it's just been serviced 1500 miles ago its possible it wasn't full after the service so I wouldn't panic just yet.

Monitor it and see how it go's.

[pmanson]

Our's is on 169k (IIRC), it likes a nice drink of oil at the moment but it's due a service very soon (it's getting a lot of tlc at the end of the month)

[skinny]

typically less than half a litre over 6 months (~5000 miles)

[franv8]

Hmm, mine alwayss does about a litre per 1000 miles (1.6 import) - no visible blue smoke and a v slight cam cover weep.

A think 1000miles per litre is seen as the 'reasonable' limit for oil consumption on any engine. Mine does spend most of its time in the upper rev ranges (B road and motorway to work...)

[franv8]

By the way 153 thousand Km and use Halfords fully synthetic ( so may be a touch thin which wouldn't help consumption)

[GravelBen]

My 1.6 has 207k Km on it (129k miles) and I haven't noticed any oil consumption in the month or so and few thousand Km I've owned it for.

[Herman Toothrot]

check the CAS seal at the back of the head, as a leak there isn't apparent and it has the ability to loose a fair bit from it, good news is its a 20 minute job and all of a £1.50 seal.

It shouldn't use any oil if its in good health, my turbo'd 60,000 mile Eunos the oil level doesn't ever move between oil changes. (It did alot before I changed the CAS oil seal)

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Sunday 6th April 22:02

[skinny]

yeah, check cas and replace cam cover gasket, making sure to silicon it roudn the corners.

[Wigeon Incognito]

I'm on about 0.5 litres consumption per 9000 miles.