BlackScoobyWRX

Do any other STi classic owners have to top up their oil between services?
Mines running around 300BHP and the engine feels very healthy but it does need topping up with oil occasionally (no signs of any oil leaks and very rarely any smoke from the exhaust)- is this normal?
Any advice appreciated
Marv (STi5)

Kevin Groat

STi3 - 46k miles, decatted but standard otherwise. Never topped up the oil even when I've had to go to 7k miles interval while waiting for a new oil filter.

Kevin.

Billericay Davy

Mine did a bit before the rebuild. That was May last year and it hasn't lost a drop since. Done 22,000 since then. Its a STi5 with Scoobysport full system.

Dave

The Terminator wrx

sti 4 no loss

Trem

iTrader: (3)

STi 1 here and it hasn't lost a drop.

BoxerFlat4

STI 1 on 100,000 miles, occasional oil leak on the block somewhere (probably a pipe leaking), but the engine has never used any.

BlackScoobyWRX

Thanks for cheering me up guys !!
Oh well - what's a bit of oil between friends eh??!!
If it drops below 300 on the rolling road I'll start worrying !!

StickyMicky

my cassic uses a tiny bit of oil, no smoke etc etc
but i do my oil changes every 3k so theres no need to top it up

its driven pretty hard tho so i suppose its to be expected

Trout

iTrader: (1)

At 64k miles mine used around 0.5l every 2,000 miles.

It had been reasonable tuned - around 350bhp, a lot of track and some drag.

If your car is using a lot of oil it may be turbo oil as that happened on mine.

Rannoch