leaky

Am using 3/4 litre per 1500 miles ! ( Shell Helix Plus ), 49K miles,only mods are WR Sport BB and PE centre. Had piston 2 and 4 replaced under warranty @ 39K plus turbo. Extended warrany has 1 year left to run, going for 4 year service shortly. Never thrashed when cold and always idled before turning off. Any thoughts please ? What can I tell the dealer ?

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Just tell the dealer your using excessive oil, if you cannot see any leaks on the car anywhere then i think its either getting into something it shouldnt (ie the water) or you have leaking turbo seals which will give you a bit of smoke.
Get someone to follow you and when you have warmed your scoob up give it a bit of welly though the gears and see if the car behind you sees you getting excess smoke out of the exhaust.

Tony

ChrisB

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadID=127433

Chris.

silver:scooby

Over the last 6000 miles my scooby has used very little oil on max when serviced now just below max using mobil 1 15-50

geoffn

No smoke on start up or under heavy acceleration from what I can see and none on the floor ?

Sheepsplitter

My STI4 is on 65K miles now.
I always check the oil before a long run and every 3-4 journeys if they are just regular runs.
I have never had to add any oil, not even a little top up.
I thought as the car got over 50K miles I might start to use some, but nope.
Quite impressive for a motor that gets well used and has dynoed at 348bhp.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

My car uses no oil (MY00 PPP'd turbo) but when they did your rebuild and replaced no2 and no4 piston is this when you noticed more of a loss of oil?
It could be something they did then?

Tony

geoffn

I had the car serviced when I first bought it and they changed
pistons 2 and 4 before I had chance to start checking it.