Oil consumption

[Zollo]

I'm getting through about one litre every 1000 miles. The car doesn't smoke and there aren't any oil leaks, so where the hell is it going?

[Andyvalver]

I used to get through a litre a month but i dont drive it has hard now and only have to fill it every 2-3 months. Its under hard accelleration when it burns it. If i drive normally it dont use any My mates used to burn oil too, infact everybody i know who owns one

[NickFr]

That's normal I believe.

[Andyvalver]

Most hot running renault engines burn oil.

[Rich]

its normal to use about 1l every thousand so dont worry

[edde]

Renault tolerances say its ok to burn 1 liter ever 600 miles.
However thats a new engine I wouldn't worry mine burns about that.

[BRUN]

mine doesnt...

but it was rebuilt about 30k ago

[Zollo]

Cheers people

Just worked it out and it's actually 5 litres in 4000 miles I've used. That does include three tracks days and some 'spirited' road driving though, so perhaps it's not too bad :P

[ScottCup]

i wouldn't worry about it too much, my 172 used to burn loads of oil!!!

[Andyvalver]

Think of it as extra lubricant creeping round the pistons lol