Any ideas guys? I have an '06 STi. Mapped. Nothing major.

Problem is oil consumption: and I mean MASSIVE. Over summer, car swallowed 4 litres and threw a CEL. I changed to 10-50 fully synth: same thing. Changed PCV valve - she's still drinking oil.

What kinds of things cause this to happen? Thinking of selling car... ****.

67,000 miles. Daily commute. 200 miles per week.

 

 

Cheers. Yup - I'm fairly committed to the idea of selling her on now. The Sti dream has been ****, really. Pardon my French.

 

 

2.5 yessir. Thanks for tips.

 

 

 

 

God - that. Is it engine-out, rebuild territory then?

 

 

 

My fault for getting the Spec D...

 

 

Fair comment. Still - how was I to know? Can't strip an engine when you buy a car!

 

Have you got the oil cap on ?

it could just be falling out the top

 

Ha, ha. No mate - I am blond, but not 'professionally blond'. Thanks for checking though!

 

 

Cheers. Only issue is it's my daily.... Might have to buy a diesel box and SORN the Scoob until funds permit rebuild...

 

It's got bad news and pound signs written all over it unfortunately this one mate by the sounds of it!

If it's not pooling under the car it's being swallowed by the motor. You said it used 4L over summer, how many miles was this over? Get someone following you and load it up to see if there's clouds of smoke behind. On the bright side think of it as a constant oil change?!

Also, what fault code are you getting with your check engine light?

Cheers

 

This - https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-failures.html

 

Summer hols were East Kent up to Derbyshire. CEL came on up north. RAC attended - I don't recall the code, but the RAC guy didn't check the oil! No smoke from my rear...MATRON. Inside of zorst is black and gunky though. She's burning - just. Really. Slowly.

Cheers!

 

So, if it is ringland failure you have now got a choice of either disposing of the car for peanuts, or chucking a good few grand at it and ending up with a really fantastic car with a zero mile engine and enhanced resale value.
Personally, I'd say a forged spec d would be a very desirable machine.
A bill like this is very painful, but you may end up with something pretty special at the end of it.
How far is slowboy racing from you?

 

Don't know: are they good? What are the symptoms of ringland failure? I don't have smoke, or hesitation, or loss of power. Or is this something along the lines of 'get ready for the explosion'?

 

I've not used slowboy (I think the contact is called Neil), they are a bit far for me; I'm based in Cambridge. But I have seen them recommended to people in the area.
The ringlands are the channels cut into the pistons that hold the piston rings in place. When they fail the piston rings aren't held in place, and can lead to loss of compression, scored bores, and bits of metal floating round the engine.

 

 

Have you had a leakdown test done? It looks from an earlier thread that you had a compression test done that come back okay.

4L of oil over a few hundred mile is hugeeee as you say. Manufacturers give 1000 miles per Litre as max normal usage but no car I've ever owned (and I've had some sheds!) have used that much. Weird you aren't seeing visible smoke though at that sort of usage.

 

You should be able to check the CEL code yourself with one of these and the torque pro smartphone app:

 

To be fair, I did do huge miles on that trip - plus it was super hot on the way up 30 degrees. Recent oil usage has been about one litre over, I suppose, 500-600 miles. No smoke though - I swear!

 

Mate, I have the same car as you. Head gasket had gone when I got it but I saved up and went (slowly) down to Alan Jeffery and have never regretted it in the 8 years I've owned it since. Reliable as they come and 360bhp when I (rarely) feel like it. Not cheap but the cost will reflect pretty much exactly the difference in value of your car before and after.