oil consumption

[TR20tc]

what is the average oil consumption for a healthy engine?

[thescrapman]

Less than you are using I would guess..

:-)

1 pint per 1000 miles is 'acceptable'

Cheers

Colin

[Jason]

by "consumption" I take it you don't mean "left in a puddle on the drive"

[Lord Sorbington]

My 75000 mile example uses virtually none. Never had to top it up.  I got it back on the road after 10 years in storage, I doubt the engine has ever been apart, amazing really! What it does use is leaking through the sump gasket.......

I'd use 1 litre / 1000miles as an indication of wear, plumes of blue smoke as an indication a rebuild is needed!

[Spitfire2500]

[quote by=sorbs link=Blah.pl?b=2000,m=1176296988,s=3 date=1176326420]My 75000 mile example uses virtually none. Never had to top it up.  I got it back on the road after 10 years in storage[/quote]

That is uncannily similar to my 2000TC.

Just hit 75k, only off the road for three/four years rather than your ten, uses virtually no oil as well :D

[TR20tc]

thanks for the replies.my 2000tc has covered 65000 miles from new and consumes about 1 litre every 2000 miles,but recently i made a high speed trip[travelling constantly at 85 mph]and the oil consumption rose to 1 litre per 600 miles,then during normal use the consumption returned to normal

[Richard B]

It's not leaking oil, it' marking it's territory.

[heraldcoupe]

What oil are you using?
Cheers,
Bill.

[TR20tc]

i always use castrol 20/50

[mikeyb]

[quote by=Spitfire2500 link=Blah.pl?b=2000,m=1176296988,s=4 date=1176331482]

That is uncannily similar to my 2000TC.

[/quote]

. . .  and uncannily similar to my Mk2 PI - in excess on 10 years off the road, did the Dutch Nightrally not long after recomissioning - 120 miles of good thrashing plus a lot more motorway miles (some of which were cruised on at 90 mph plus) . . . dipstick level never moved despite repeated nervous checking - yahoo!  ;D

[Craig Bennett]

P.I seems to be doing about 1000 miles per pint give or take. Surprisingly on trackday when I expected it to use some and kept checking it the level hardly moved! Did notice a few puffs of blue though on overrun from high revs. Not a great surprise with 120,000 miles on the clock.

[Crockett]

Most of the oil my 2000 MKII was using was due to it leaking out of the sump plug, which was a replacement magnetic type that "almost" fitted correctly and had been steadilly oiling the garage floor over time. Fortunately the addition of a little PTFE tape cured this during the last oil change and it now doesn't seem to lose even a single drop from there.

[Deleted User]

Mine used to lose quite a lot before I noticed that when revving it was bubbling out around the oilfilter bolt. The engines done 120k so still loses some, but my first 2000 had only done about 70,000 miles and never lost a drop

[Deleted User]

Wifes 2.5, 85,000 miles, Duckhams Q 20/50 (because it's cheap, and we stock it) about 800 miles per pint.
My Chicane approaching 300,000 miles, Halfrauds fully synthetic 5W/40 (been using it years, cheap!) negligible oil consumption (thinks, must check it soon).