farmerjoe Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 When in VTEC the car seems to be consuming rather a lot of oil is this normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejt1979 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 the vtec engine does have a high oil consumption ration compared with other engines... how much are you having to put in and over what timescale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjoe Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 about 2 litres between every 6000 mile service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 That's not too horrendous mate, they're all different, some don't use any but have heard of some going through a litre every 1000 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejt1979 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 thats prob bout right... you are using 10w40 right? as anything else thinner is too thin. over how many months do you do that mileage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejt1979 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 just as a comparison, my MB6 has 125k on the clock and uses about half a litre every 5k service, but it does have full service history which may explain that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 thats prob bout right... you are using 10w40 right? as anything else thinner is too thin. over how many months do you do that mileage?^ what he saidhhmmm 2lts thats a bit high (compaired to me) but it depends on your right foot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 i would say you have a bit of a lead foot and maybe a bit of a smokey vtec? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjoe Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 thats prob bout right... you are using 10w40 right? as anything else thinner is too thin. over how many months do you do that mileage?6k is over about half a year, and tbh I probably do have a lead foot, thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjoe Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yeh I am using 10w40, the car did'nt come with much in the way of service history, but I have had most things done over the last year, the vtec however is not smokey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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