If you are about to buy a nearly new Speed Six?

[griff2be]

in green (cream interior) from a dealer in Leamington Spa/Warwick you might want to know that you should check:

- the windscreen wipers work properly and park in the correct position
- the gearbox doesn't graunch in fifth
- the belts don't slip/screech (only apparent when its wet)

I have just had this car as a loan car and it had no oil in it when it was delivered to me. I put oil in it the next day and I have no idea how how far it was driven with insufficient oil in it.

It is a very nice car, but if I was buying it I'd like to be aware of the last point in particular. And I'd make sure I had a very good warranty. Good luck...

[squirrelz]

How did you check the oil? You do know there's a special technique with the S6 engines with them being dry sump, I assume.

[cammy]

squirrelz, what is the technique. I have an S6, but follow the manual and take reading when hot after a run. I'm curious as I've done 2500 miles since 1000 mile service, and the oil consumption appears minimal i.e. no top up required.

>> Edited by cammy on Friday 5th July 14:02

[lrussell5]

my tamora needed no oil either in the first 1000, and I was checking it by the book. I dont think they're all supposed to burn it!

[griff2be]

Drove the car for some time (over 20 mins), opened bonnet with engine still running, then got someone who runs 2 Tuscans in the TVR Tucsan Challenge to check the oil the moment I turned the engine off.

[griff2be]

Although you're right, I wouldn't have known the correct technique as there was no handbook in the car. I was lucky - when the oil warning light came on briefly at xxx mph I immediately dipped the clutch to kill the revs. The warning light went off and I limped round to my local independent specialist. Luckily, the top chap I refer to above was (as I suspected he might be) at the workshop working on a car that was to be raced in the Castle Coombe GTs. He knows exactly how to check the oil, but I would have treated it as a normal car...

[clarky5150]

Dont burn oil...DONT BURN OIL!! wheres the fun in that?? Its my favorite part of ownership of a 4.2, checking the sodding thing all the time and shelling out a fortune on top quality man-made chip fat!

You just dont know what fun your missing

[squirrelz]

cammy, griff2be - yeah, sounds like you're doing it right. There are occasional postings on here saying theres no oil in the engine, cos they check it with the engine cold.