Oil consumption per 1k miles.
08 June 2009, 08:00 PM
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Oil consumption per 1k miles.
Evening guys! done about 1400 miles since i bought my bug eye wrx, it hasnt leaked any oil but upon checking the dipstick i found it just below the minimum!!!!!!!! 
I always warm the car up and let it idle after my journey.
I have to admit ive been driving it slightly entheusiastically shall we say, and i know turbo cars can consume oil more than na engined cars.
What do you guys think? oh and whats the best oil to put in these boxer engines?? (sorry for all the help asking....im a bmw tech by trade and thats where my brain lies with technical info!! hehe)
Thanks, Matt.
I always warm the car up and let it idle after my journey.
I have to admit ive been driving it slightly entheusiastically shall we say, and i know turbo cars can consume oil more than na engined cars.
What do you guys think? oh and whats the best oil to put in these boxer engines?? (sorry for all the help asking....im a bmw tech by trade and thats where my brain lies with technical info!! hehe)
Thanks, Matt.
08 June 2009, 09:31 PM
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sounds a bit crazy! i dont ever top up oil between the 7500 mile interval,i drive quite inthusiastic aswell,so well worth investigating this as its using too much oil.could be your turbo seals are worn and it could be blowing it out the exhaust?
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Evening guys! done about 1400 miles since i bought my bug eye wrx, it hasnt leaked any oil but upon checking the dipstick i found it just below the minimum!!!!!!!!
I always warm the car up and let it idle after my journey.
I have to admit ive been driving it slightly entheusiastically shall we say, and i know turbo cars can consume oil more than na engined cars.
What do you guys think? oh and whats the best oil to put in these boxer engines?? (sorry for all the help asking....im a bmw tech by trade and thats where my brain lies with technical info!! hehe)
Thanks, Matt.
I always warm the car up and let it idle after my journey.
I have to admit ive been driving it slightly entheusiastically shall we say, and i know turbo cars can consume oil more than na engined cars.
What do you guys think? oh and whats the best oil to put in these boxer engines?? (sorry for all the help asking....im a bmw tech by trade and thats where my brain lies with technical info!! hehe)
Thanks, Matt.
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yeah i know why,but the engines been rebuilt 3 times in the last year and its not going back in again,so i'd rather just use it as is for now and get my moneys worth out of it.
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mines only done 44k, it doesnt smoke under any loads (blue or black) i know the new minis eat oil much worse than this and they are turbos so i just assumed they were like this. whick oil is best for me to top up by the way??
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top man, got like 50 litres in my shed!!!!
thanks for all the advise guys, im going to top it up to max and keep an eye on it. think its just me driving like a fish
thanks for all the advise guys, im going to top it up to max and keep an eye on it. think its just me driving like a fish
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