05 Corsa 1 litre, using a lot of oil

decky1

only have it 6 months running very well but using a lot of oil? No leaks or smoke when running, using 5/30 oil is it too light? been lucky dipped a few times nothing showing on dip stick have to watch it all the time now. Any ideas?

Walter Bishop

You'll probably find it's the foreigners' fault, or possibly the Muslims.

In all seriousness, wrong forum, try Motors

freshpopcorn

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biko

How much oil is it using?
Has it passed NCT recently?
Is there any signs of oil in the coolant?

The Undecided One

Start with looking under the car for any leaks, my car was using (I thought it was) around 0.5 liter per week, turned out it was a sensor that was bad and letting out oil, the whole front of the engine was drenched in oil. It was burning off when the engine was getting hot so there wasn't much dripping off on the ground.

Del2005

decky1 wrote: »

only have it 6 months running very well but using a lot of oil? No leaks or smoke when running, using 5/30 oil is it too light? been lucky dipped a few times nothing showing on dip stick have to watch it all the time now. Any ideas?

What oil is recommended in the owners manual? Anything below 1l of oil per 1000km is acceptable for a car. If it's using more than that then you have an issue, bring it to a garage.

wonski

Del2005 wrote: »

What oil is recommended in the owners manual? Anything below 1l of oil per 1000km is acceptable for a car. If it's using more than that then you have an issue, bring it to a garage.

The whole 1l per 1k km is a joke really. Manufacturers covering themselves. I only do 10-15k a year, but I doubt topping up 15l of oil is in a year is normal. Especially with recently introduced long service intervals.

They allow 1l per 1000 km and at the same time let you go without a service for 25k kilometres? How is this even possible???

Del2005

wonski wrote: »

The whole 1l per 1k km is a joke really. Manufacturers covering themselves. I only do 10-15k a year, but I doubt topping up 15l of oil is in a year is normal. Especially with recently introduced long service intervals.

They allow 1l per 1000 km and at the same time let you go without a service for 25k kilometres? How is this even possible???

Service intervals and using oil are different issues, that's how it's possible. You are supposed to check your car regularly.

wonski

Del2005 wrote: »

Service intervals and using oil are different issues, that's how it's possible. You are supposed to check your car regularly.

I would still be worried and definitely wouldn't expect to top up 15 litres of oil a year. Regardless of what the manufacturer consider as a normal consumption.

CoBo55

Del2005 wrote: »

What oil is recommended in the owners manual? Anything below 1l of oil per 1000km is acceptable for a car. If it's using more than that then you have an issue, bring it to a garage.

AHH will you stop with that aul service managers rubbish, a litre of oil every 1000km is unacceptable.

decky1

biko wrote: »

How much oil is it using?
Has it passed NCT recently?
Is there any signs of oil in the coolant?

would need around a litre every 2/3 weeks,[as i said you'd want to keep watch on it] which seems a lot to me as i had a Micra for 4 years and hardly ever had to lift the bonnet except for screen wash.
had 4 months nct when i bought it, passed nct in April.
No signs of oil in coolant. Oil light has never came on either.

Del2005

decky1 wrote: »

would need around a litre every 2/3 weeks,[as i said you'd want to keep watch on it] which seems a lot to me as i had a Micra for 4 years and hardly ever had to lift the bonnet except for screen wash.
had 4 months nct when i bought it, passed nct in April.
No signs of oil in coolant. Oil light has never came on either.

Time is irrelevant. If you want a garage to look at the issue you need to say what distance you are doing.

decky1

Del2005 wrote: »

Time is irrelevant. If you want a garage to look at the issue you need to say what distance you are doing.

No long distance mostly local runs.

CoBo55

decky1 wrote: »

No long distance mostly local runs.

Tis like pulling teeth... How many kilometres are you doing between the top ups?

decky1

CoBo55 wrote: »

Tis like pulling teeth... How many kilometres are you doing between the top ups?

Are you a dentist,? not sure around 150 maybe.:D

Del2005

decky1 wrote: »

Are you a dentist,? not sure around 150 maybe.:D

2 or 3 litres for 150km is an issue, but you need to start checking your mileage when you top up to be certain. How sure are you about not smoking? Has someone followed you to make sure?

Is there an oil stain where you normally park? Just to be sure put some cardboard under the engine when you park up at night to see if you are leaking, don't forget to weigh down the cardboard.

decky1

Del2005 wrote: »

2 or 3 litres for 150km is an issue, but you need to start checking your mileage when you top up to be certain. How sure are you about not smoking? Has someone followed you to make sure?

Is there an oil stain where you normally park? Just to be sure put some cardboard under the engine when you park up at night to see if you are leaking, don't forget to weigh down the cardboard.

thanks for your advice, no stain where i park, fairly sure not smoking , but then not sure[my neighbors would tell me they love to see something wrong]:eek:

tuxy

If there's a leak there will be an oil stain. If it's burning 3 litres per 150km the exhaust will be blue in colour.
Can't think of where else the oil could be going.

Del2005

decky1 wrote: »

thanks for your advice, no stain where i park, fairly sure not smoking , but then not sure[my neighbors would tell me they love to see something wrong]:eek:

If it's not smoking, leaking or in the water then someone must be robbing the oil from your car, that much oil can't be used and not leave some signs.

tuxy

That's a good point, check the coolant for oil. If it's not there you need mulder and scully not a mechanic.

decky1

tuxy wrote: »

That's a good point, check the coolant for oil. If it's not there you need mulder and scully not a mechanic.

it's looking that way,:D

CoBo55

The elves are eating the dipstick...

decky1

CoBo55 wrote: »

The elves are eating the dipstick...

and washing it down with oil.:D

trellheim

are you sure its not a two stroke fitted to that thing