Is this usual?

[666theboy]

Is this usual?
my car has done 700 miles since i bought it and the oil on the dipstick has gone down about 1 centimetre.I looked in the forums and cant find any thing to do with this.
cheers everyone.

 

[JDMDrift]

How many miles are on your engine?

 

[s383mmber1]

Is it usual? Yes

Is it good/normal? No

 

[black91turbo]

You are burning it or you have a really bad leak.... and as stated above it is usual on an old motor but not good

 

[666theboy]

How many miles are on your engine?

coming up to 108000

 

[666theboy]

You are burning it or you have a really bad leak.... and as stated above it is usual on an old motor but not good

no sign of a leek on the outside of the engine

 

[666theboy]

no sign of a leek on the outside of the engine

no visible signs of smoke

 

[666theboy]

have i a BHG?

 

[black91turbo]

there are several ways you can check for it.....i would start with a leak down test

 

[666theboy]

there are several ways you can check for it.....i would start with a leak down test

cheers, i will try that next week when i get paid, what sort of price am i looking at?

 

[rumptis]

How did you guys come up with BHG? Holy Cow!

With BHG you usaully don't see oil lose, its usually coolant.

If there are no leaks then you are probably burning it, doesn't mean you see smoke. Now this is a far amount of oil to be lost in 700 miles but nothing to get all torn up about. I have heard it said many times over a years that 1 quart for 3000 miles is normal. I think if you are looking at that much you are seeing some pretty good signs of wear.

I would put the Turbo on my list of where its coming from after that would be rings or valve guides.

Check your plugs see if they are black.

Also check for oil in your IC piping.

 

[ViR2]

dunno prices in uk, but no more then 100usd

 

[666theboy]

How did you guys come up with BHG? Holy Cow!

With BHG you usaully don't see oil lose, its usually coolant.

If there are no leaks then you are probably burning it, doesn't mean you see smoke. Now this is a far amount of oil to be lost in 700 miles but nothing to get all torn up about. I have heard it said many times over a years that 1 quart for 3000 miles is normal. I think if you are looking at that much you are seeing some pretty good signs of wear.

I would put the Turbo on my list of where its coming from after that would be rings or valve guides.

Check your plugs see if they are black.

Also check for oil in your IC piping.

thanks for the advice, as you can tell i know NOTHING:cry:about turbo engines. the nicest car i have owned before this was a 1985 mk1 astra GTE (no injection twin 45 webber carbs)

 

[black91turbo]

How did you guys come up with BHG? Holy Cow!

With BHG you usaully don't see oil lose, its usually coolant.

If there are no leaks then you are probably burning it, doesn't mean you see smoke. Now this is a far amount of oil to be lost in 700 miles but nothing to get all torn up about. I have heard it said many times over a years that 1 quart for 3000 miles is normal. I think if you are looking at that much you are seeing some pretty good signs of wear.

I would put the Turbo on my list of where its coming from after that would be rings or valve guides.

Check your plugs see if they are black.

Also check for oil in your IC piping.

We did not "come up" with a BHG....he asked if he had one and was told on how he can check if he does. So long as you have the stock PCV system hooked up on an old motor....you will have oil in the IC pipes.

 

[JDMDrift]

Compression test.~!