For some reasion I seem to be getting through alot of oil, iv had the car up in the air and it's bone dry underneath, I never had any oil patches on the floor, I don't get any smoke on idle or boost and the engine was rebuilt jan last year. I only really use the car on weekends but iv used over 5L in the last 3 months ( I know that dont sound too bad but iv had the car 6 months and put less then 1000 miles on it)

Any sergestions or help on this would be great

 

Hi,

Cossies are known to go through an emense amount of oil, depends also what kind of oil you are using!!! Mine used to at up about 1 ltr and maybe a tad more every 1000 miles.... Depends on your spec and power your turning out. How good is your turbo? Have you also got a oil breather?

 

thats normal pal,you pay for fuel and oil at the same time when you own a cossie

mine uses about the same,it used 1 and a half litres in 1500 miles last year.

 

Thanks everyone that's a relief . I'm using Mobil 1 oil at the minute is there anything slower burning for the cossie's?

Also the car is about 330bhp Typical stage 3 with a brand new t3 feb last year and has a forge breather kit

 

I miss the fun and power of a cossie but thats one thing i dont miss.......... spending as much on oil as you do on petrol

 

its only when their not using oil you should worry ,i think theford handbook said 1 litre every 600miles and that was from new


cheers james

 

Yeah and the sticker on top of the intercooler "CHECK OIL DAILY!!"

 

Yeah i miss mine also but agree i hated spending the same money again on oil, I neveer used mobil 1, i know its a good oil but i heard catrols is good for cossies and i am tring to remember the oil i used to use... Nowadays i on a fiesta st which dos not use oil and petrol lasts a little while but you can't beat the buzz of a cossie.. Enjoy it while you can, verytime i look at a cossie the look i get from th misses means NO...

 

everyone has their own opinions on oil, ive heard castrol isnt as good for cossies as it becomes thin when it gets hot!!! I use mobil1.

Also out of interest what grade of mobil 1 do u use as that can affect how much u go thru...........

 

I can use 1 Litre in 100 miles!!, still with 180,000+ miles bottom end and me ragging it I think that's good.
tabetha

 

i use silkolene pro s 10w40 i think it is,most peolpe on here use that.

 

I buy 10 ltrs of silkolene a year.1 tub is for the oil change and the other 5 ltr tub is for the top up.

 

im using mobile1 5-50 over here in gibraltar as i cant find mobile1 15-50 and for anything else they want 70 pound for a 4 litre can and with my larger sump and oil cooler a oil change will cost 100 pound so i use the mobile as its only 35 a 4.5 litre can but i would say im using 1 lt every 800-1000 miles depending how hard its driven

 

Fuck what a realisation. Mine uses like a litre of silkolene every 100 miles or so Adding another breather port now

 

Agree with everyone else mate, mine used 1 litre every 1000 miles.

 

Well the last rebuild i could not belive didnt use any oil made me £30 richer each month !

 

if your yb is using more than a litre of oil every 800-1k then there defiantly something wrong!!!a fresh engine should lose no more than half a ltr every 1k...
As for what oil iv always used at least a 15-40 but even better a 10-60 or 20-50
Valvoline racing is the best for a yb in my opinion or millers iv used castrol if i havnt been able to get my favourite...
If you got through 5 ltr in 1k in any period on a fresh engine then believe me its burning way to much oil!!!


cheers danny

 

Everything's virtually new on mine, so I'll put it down to needing a breather addition to the Bailey I already have....oh, and driving it short distances only

 

I was also going to comment along these lines but thought i would wait until someone else said it.

IMO and ive had 6 saffs and an escos 3 of them rebuilt engines i have never used anywhere near as much as 5 litres of oil in 1000 miles.

Yes they use oil but that is massively excessive IMO.

Ive used variety of oil, used to use mobil 1 in a fresh engine and never used anywhere near that, last one was silkoline and once again no where near that.

 

See, even having owned a cossie for 2 years.. i STILL find it horrifying that they get thru SO MUCH oil

still dont think its right.. I had my engine rebuilt cos i thought it was worn, going thru 1L every 1100 ish. lol

didnt use much after that though.