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I'm experiencing what I would call "considerably above average oil use", about a litre a week/300 miles to be precise. I've had it checked out by Gr33n5 (identity disguised to protect and all that) and have been assured that there is nothing amiss, or at least nothing that they can find.
I have to concede that I can't find anything obvious either, there's no trace of oil in the cooling system and I don't see smoke from the rear either (well not the exhaust anyway ) There's no trace of leaks from the engine, the underside of the car or spots on the ground on the drive etc but its bugging me like &$%£. This thing is using more oil than my 10 year old knackered V6 Japanese 125k mile on the clock rattler and that had a very visible leak!
Whats everyone else's oil consumption like and if mine is as I suspect well over the top, what if anything should I be asking to have checked???
I have to concede that I can't find anything obvious either, there's no trace of oil in the cooling system and I don't see smoke from the rear either (well not the exhaust anyway ) There's no trace of leaks from the engine, the underside of the car or spots on the ground on the drive etc but its bugging me like &$%£. This thing is using more oil than my 10 year old knackered V6 Japanese 125k mile on the clock rattler and that had a very visible leak!
Whats everyone else's oil consumption like and if mine is as I suspect well over the top, what if anything should I be asking to have checked???
Edited by FinallyVXRed on Monday 11th June 23:13
FinallyVXRed said:
Thanks for your suggestions so far.
@ V8HSV, how would I check this out?
@ V8HSV, how would I check this out?
To be honest I do not know, mine was producing more power in the form of torque from memory until a piston exited rear thgrough the exhaust when a piston touched a newly seated head!
Maybe a chat with Mark Frisby at Rapid GB might enlighten but then you could call Roger at Monkfish or anyone else with experience in this field, sorry I cannot be more helpful
Im presuming yours isnt an LS1, so shouldnt be having problems, but early engines were renowned for high oil consumption.
GM tried to deny there was a problem, but eventually owned up, and many engines were rebuilt in Australia and the US.
GM's acceptable oil consumtion is no more than 0.946 litre/2000miles.
Search on Google for LS1 oil consumption and piston slap.
GM tried to deny there was a problem, but eventually owned up, and many engines were rebuilt in Australia and the US.
GM's acceptable oil consumtion is no more than 0.946 litre/2000miles.
Search on Google for LS1 oil consumption and piston slap.
V-Car said:
Im presuming yours isnt an LS1, so shouldnt be having problems, but early engines were renowned for high oil consumption.
GM tried to deny there was a problem, but eventually owned up, and many engines were rebuilt in Australia and the US.
GM's acceptable oil consumtion is no more than 0.946 litre/2000miles.
Search on Google for LS1 oil consumption and piston slap.
GM tried to deny there was a problem, but eventually owned up, and many engines were rebuilt in Australia and the US.
GM's acceptable oil consumtion is no more than 0.946 litre/2000miles.
Search on Google for LS1 oil consumption and piston slap.
As V-car has said, A lot of VX to VY's (2000-2003) had their engines rebuilt for excessive oil usage and piston slap. I am only guessing you have a VX from your logon.
The VTII's while they can be noisy tended to be ok for some reason. By the time the VYII (First UK Monaro's) came along they were mainly sorted.
I change my oil every 5000kms, If I go to the drags near the end of that 5000km, I need to top it up with 500mls otherwise the oil light will come on from the acceleration.
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