Burning Oil

[PeterM12]

Hi iam new to nobles and will need a lot of advice over the next few months but I need a question answered now does anyone know what would be causing the car to burn all its oil over a four week period the engine has only covered 7k from new and according to the previous owner its never been tracked, ive only had the car for 10 days so I cant see its something ive done

[mgbond]

If its burnt ALL its oil in 4 weeks then u would have deffinatly noticed something wrong. If its loosing that much then if it was a leak u would notice. If its burning it then you would get lots of blue smoke.

If u have none of these then its very odd and I suggest you top it up on a level surface cold and when checking it do it cold and on the same level surface, then report back

[2.5bluenob]

How many miles have you covered in 4 weeks?
As bondy says fill up again, make note of how much oil you are adding to fill it up, then monitor it.

[JBliss]

Does it smoke on idle? Could be turbo oil seals

[PeterM12]

Hi
Ive only covered 400 miles since ive had it, its not smoking on idle and its not blue in colour I only noticed the smoke as it was coming out the top vents on de-throttle which I have had seen too and looks like it needs a new manifold gasket. But one of the mechancis said the smoke smelt a bit oily and he wasn't sure it was before or after the turbos which didn't make any sence to me as I know nothing about engines. So I checked the oil levels when I got home and the level was quite low but the engine was still hot.
I will check the level now while its cold and top it up to the top line and report back in a few days

[Adrian W]

Turbo or valve stem oil seal

[Gadgeroonie]

you need to do a compression and leakdown test

[PeterM12]

Just checked the oil again and the level is still low
so does any one know any good garages where I can take it iam in middlesex

[Adrian W]

PeterM12 said:

Just checked the oil again and the level is still low
so does any one know any good garages where I can take it iam in middlesex

Bespoke in ware Herts

[Slider21]

Adrian W said:

Bespoke in ware Herts

+ 1

[Gadgeroonie]

i can recommend this place

http://www.focusrsparts.co.uk/

ford/ performance specialist

not too far from you

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Is it burning it? Can you see lots of smoke? Get someone to follow you.

[PeterM12]

Gadgeroonie said:

i can recommend this place

http://www.focusrsparts.co.uk/

ford/ performance specialist

not too far from you

Thanks m8 ill give them a call tomorrow

[PeterM12]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Is it burning it? Can you see lots of smoke? Get someone to follow you.

Theres no smoke behind the car as the gasket has gone on the manifold I get smoke coming through the top vents mainly on de-throttle

[PeterM12]

Adrian W said:

Bespoke in ware Herts

thanks ill call them tomorrow

[mgbond]

If oil seals have gone then I think if you remove hose to inlet of IC you may find lots of oil gathered in there.

A bit is ok though.

[PeterM12]

on further inspection I can see the smoke comming from turbo which I hope is still only a gasket but when given some throttle the smoke is blue in colour from both the turbo leak and the rear pipes its also running very lumpy with pops from the back box

[mgbond]

PeterM12 said:

on further inspection I can see the smoke comming from turbo which I hope is still only a gasket but when given some throttle the smoke is blue in colour from both the turbo leak and the rear pipes its also running very lumpy with pops from the back box

Your Pops and bangs are because air is being sucked into the gap in the hot exhaust and igniting with un burnt fuel

[TuxMan]

It's also messing up the lambda readings as well , so will go very rich . You need to get it sorted ASAP !!!!

Tux

[PeterM12]

I will try and get it booked in tomorrow somewhere as I wanted to take it to Lemans but its looking doubtful now