Wrx MY04 oil consumption
Discussion
Hello,
The dream of impreza ownership has not lasted long:
After buying my impreza I checked all levels and pressures etc. oil was on the low side so I topped it up (magnates 5w30 a1 fully syn). Had a 250 mile drive so checked oil before and it was nearly at full level. Checked engine morning after long drive (cold engine) and its hovering around low line. I'm confident I'm not imagining this as I've been checking it really often. It's using an alarming amount of oil. I'm about to return home (250 miles again) and have a litre of oil with me so I will update this aft.
Exhaust has not a small amount of black on it and I think feels a bit oily/greesy at the tip. Car seems to run fine and gave 26 mpg. I can't tell if its down on power as I haven't had it long. Subaru services it about 6k ago.
I've left a message with my local scooby Motorsport guy to get it booked in next week.
I have googled tons but obviously this could be a number of things.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TB
The dream of impreza ownership has not lasted long:
After buying my impreza I checked all levels and pressures etc. oil was on the low side so I topped it up (magnates 5w30 a1 fully syn). Had a 250 mile drive so checked oil before and it was nearly at full level. Checked engine morning after long drive (cold engine) and its hovering around low line. I'm confident I'm not imagining this as I've been checking it really often. It's using an alarming amount of oil. I'm about to return home (250 miles again) and have a litre of oil with me so I will update this aft.
Exhaust has not a small amount of black on it and I think feels a bit oily/greesy at the tip. Car seems to run fine and gave 26 mpg. I can't tell if its down on power as I haven't had it long. Subaru services it about 6k ago.
I've left a message with my local scooby Motorsport guy to get it booked in next week.
I have googled tons but obviously this could be a number of things.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TB
Thanks guys. It's half full. Going for a 250 mile drive and have spare oil with me so ill probably check half way. Ill update this afternoon and check a few of the mentioned things this evening. Not got a lot of time on my hands the next few weeks so think its best to get it in the shop depending on this afternoons consumption.
Well I've just covered 270 miles and its either used none or not very much.
I'm even more confused now. I put 800 ml in last week and 200 ml in yesterday. What the heck is going on. Taking a litre between services can't be right.
Maybe ill just keep a v close eye on it. I'm pretty confused now.
I'm even more confused now. I put 800 ml in last week and 200 ml in yesterday. What the heck is going on. Taking a litre between services can't be right.
Maybe ill just keep a v close eye on it. I'm pretty confused now.
Well thanks for all the advice so far guys.
After doing 270 miles with nothing changing I have decided to keep an extremely keen eye on it. It is sat at a smudge above middle. I'm trying to convine myself that the times it's been low the car has been on a slight decline. I have another few hundred miles to do at the weekend so we'll see how it goes.
TB
After doing 270 miles with nothing changing I have decided to keep an extremely keen eye on it. It is sat at a smudge above middle. I'm trying to convine myself that the times it's been low the car has been on a slight decline. I have another few hundred miles to do at the weekend so we'll see how it goes.
TB
I'm going insane with this. I'm checking too much and not surprisingly the level is never exactly the same. I don't do a lot of mileage in the week (I.e none) so I'm looking forward to the 500 miles I need to do at the weekend. I'm praying it uses none and then ill be happy.
I want to start buying bits for it!
I want to start buying bits for it!
Scooby72 said:
I've had my '04 WRX for 6 years now, and covered nearly 70k miles. I've changed the oil religiously every 7.5k, and generally use less than 1 litre between changes.
However I have also found that it will go thousands of miles without using any oil, then use half a litre just like that.
I've also found it seems very sensitive to the position of the car when you check it, so I would suggest checking the oil with the car in exactly the same place every time. On a couple of occasions it has read low, so I've topped it up, then next time I've checked it in a very slightly different position the dipstick has shown it over the top line.
On the subject of which oil to use, I've never gone by clever marketing, pretty packaging, and technical sounding names. I go by the specification on the back of the can only.
This is exactly what I have found. I've decided it's not using any oil it is just really sensitive to position like you say.However I have also found that it will go thousands of miles without using any oil, then use half a litre just like that.
I've also found it seems very sensitive to the position of the car when you check it, so I would suggest checking the oil with the car in exactly the same place every time. On a couple of occasions it has read low, so I've topped it up, then next time I've checked it in a very slightly different position the dipstick has shown it over the top line.
On the subject of which oil to use, I've never gone by clever marketing, pretty packaging, and technical sounding names. I go by the specification on the back of the can only.
Ill have a shop around for oil. Thanks for the help guys.
For completeness and an update for future searches:
Car went to A specialist who gave the car a look over. They thought it was in good nick. I told them of my consumption concerns. The oil was nearing the bottom of dipstick at the garage. He kept it overnight to check a few bits, all appears ok.
Oil was dropped and replaced with a thicker millers fully synthetic. I've now covered about 900 miles and oil level is still full/just over top mark just after a drive. It seems my scoob likes a slightly thicker oil/ it was running an oil that was too thin.
Hopefully job done.
TB
Car went to A specialist who gave the car a look over. They thought it was in good nick. I told them of my consumption concerns. The oil was nearing the bottom of dipstick at the garage. He kept it overnight to check a few bits, all appears ok.
Oil was dropped and replaced with a thicker millers fully synthetic. I've now covered about 900 miles and oil level is still full/just over top mark just after a drive. It seems my scoob likes a slightly thicker oil/ it was running an oil that was too thin.
Hopefully job done.
TB
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 2nd June 09:31
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