Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 15:04:51 GMT From: paul.hutchingsnopsamnetNOSPAM (Paul Hutchings) Subject: Re: Oil Consumption?
johsnopsamsafishnospammail.com (J) wrote in <39B0F4BF.6B81ED11nopsamsafish.com>: >Why worry, the car is fine. My 93 9000 CSE LPT 75000 miles also consumes >virtually no oil between changes. However, I use fully synthetic oil >and change every 5000 miles. > >Johannes I'm not worried, far from it, as it's obviously a sign that the engine is in good shape - I just didn't know if it was "the norm" to notice hardly _any_ consumption over 9 months. I asked my dealer whether they'd recommend changing the oil a couple of months ago when it was MOT'd - their opinion was that if the oil was clean and it wasn't using any then it wouldn't achieve much. Paul -- Paul Hutchings ****Remove NOSPAM when replying****