My MY97 Catalunya has started burning oil whilst ticking over, but only sometimes. I've recently had it serviced by Scoobysport but as is sods law, it behaved perfectly whilst I was there. I can't seem to put my finger on any pattern, such as whether the car's hot or cold. As far as I can tell it doesn't appear to be burning oil other than when ticking over and there's no noticeable oil leak, noise or performance drop off.

As it's inconsistent I suspect it's some kind of electrical gremlin. Anyone able to offer any guidance please ?

 

Hi,

Try letting your car tick over for about 10mins... then get a helper to blip the throttle... if you get a puff of smoke its likly that your turbo bearing is shot... as oil leaks past the bearing at tick over and get burned..

Dan

 

Ok, I'll give that a try tomorow. Thanks for the tip.

 

It is worth checking the breather system isn't blocked anywhere.

Had this on a car (not a Subaru) a few years ago, garage said valve seals etc. Cleaned out all the pipes etc and it was fine.