Chaps,
An odd one here.
My S2 did around 900 miles around France a month or so ago. And in so doing, it used perhaps 200ml of oil. Less than a coke can full, for sure. It's always used a bit, so I wasn't unhappy. (I think it leaks a little from somewhere.)
On Wednesday I topped the oil up to the top (first time since France) and drove it from London to Southampton. A little less than 100 miles. OK, I didn't hang around on the M3 late at night, but by the time I arrived it seemed to have used 2/3 of a sump-full of oil. That's about 600ml. I didn't have a chance to investigate - it was literally just a quick check of the oil level (6 hours after turning off, so plenty of time for it to settle.)
So, 200ml in 900 miles suddenly increased to 600ml in 80 miles.
There is uncertainty in my mind about the measuring (the car wasn't totally level when I topped it up) but I'm not sure that this will explain much more than a couple of hundred ml.
So, my question is what could cause this sudden increase in oil use? Can hard use of the engine cause a huge increase in use? It has no signs of an engine that burns oil (doesn't smell, no appearance of burning blue), so I assume it's a leak of some kind.
When I get back to the car (Monday evening), what should I be looking out for? I plan to top it up, drive back to London (probably quite quickly again) and see how much it uses in that journey.
Oli.
An odd one here.
My S2 did around 900 miles around France a month or so ago. And in so doing, it used perhaps 200ml of oil. Less than a coke can full, for sure. It's always used a bit, so I wasn't unhappy. (I think it leaks a little from somewhere.)
On Wednesday I topped the oil up to the top (first time since France) and drove it from London to Southampton. A little less than 100 miles. OK, I didn't hang around on the M3 late at night, but by the time I arrived it seemed to have used 2/3 of a sump-full of oil. That's about 600ml. I didn't have a chance to investigate - it was literally just a quick check of the oil level (6 hours after turning off, so plenty of time for it to settle.)
So, 200ml in 900 miles suddenly increased to 600ml in 80 miles.
There is uncertainty in my mind about the measuring (the car wasn't totally level when I topped it up) but I'm not sure that this will explain much more than a couple of hundred ml.
So, my question is what could cause this sudden increase in oil use? Can hard use of the engine cause a huge increase in use? It has no signs of an engine that burns oil (doesn't smell, no appearance of burning blue), so I assume it's a leak of some kind.
When I get back to the car (Monday evening), what should I be looking out for? I plan to top it up, drive back to London (probably quite quickly again) and see how much it uses in that journey.
Oli.
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