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Old 31-10-2004, 03:17 PM
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Default So I took the dipstick out and there was NO oil on it...

Doh! Guess I've done about 1,500 miles since I bought the car, oil at Max on stick at the time... just never thought to check it since... so checked it yesterday and no oil on the stick at all, not even below Min...

Damn, grabbed a can of Mobil1 pronto and it took about 2 litres to bring it back up to Max.

How worried should I be???
Old 31-10-2004, 03:55 PM
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most cossies do use oil. dosent mean you have a problem thou.


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Old 31-10-2004, 04:39 PM
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Could that not be the turbo oil seal ???? that seams a bit excessive
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wouldn,t say that was excessive,if i run any thing in my 3dr rather than castrol 10w/60 it just drinks it,cossies are nown for this as the piston to bore clearence isn,t as fine as todays modern engines,dont use mobil 1 unless it is mobil 1 motorsport

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I was meaning rather have I done any damage by running it this low?

And why not standard Mobil 1?
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