How often do you top up your car oil?

27col

9 year old Fiat Stilo Multiwagon 75,000 miles, 5500 per annum. Oil top up, never between annual services.

photome

Never, and thats on cars that have done over 100,000 miles

bazster

A Vauxhall, a Renault, and Harley Davidson and Kawasaki motorcycles. None of them ever needs topping-up between oil changes.

mcjordi

on my fiesta 1.3 tappet monster my top ups were around a litre a week (circa less than 100 miles) that was the stem seals dying

same on my old red 1.3 festa had 2 years never used a drop then started using about a litre a wek (200ish miles) again stem seals dying

tbh only ever topped up on other cars when theres been a small leak.. and finding time to sort it out.

forgotmyname

Check weekly topup, Never needed to.

But its only done 160,000 miles. So its probably just run in.

Wig

Current car Vx Corsa 1.2 2003 uses and always has used 1 litre every 1000miles - nothing to worry about, would cost more to *try* to "fix" it than it costs in oil to keep it running.

Previous Mitsu Colt 1.3 2000 hardly ever

Previous 2 x Vx Omega 2.0 & Vx Carlton 2.0 (all 2.0 8v engines) about 0.5 litres every 5000 miles

Previous VW Polo 1.3 1987 hardly ever.

cardinalbiggles

bazster wrote: »

A Vauxhall, a Renault, and Harley Davidson and Kawasaki motorcycles. None of them ever needs topping-up between oil changes.

I was believing you till the Renault bit

rdwarr

StrangelyBrown wrote: »

Haha! Wait, you are joking, right?!

Yes, only happened twice in 35 years of driving. The sound of big ends going west still haunts me though,

Weird_Nev

Check regularly I tend to check mine weekly when I frst get a car, then fortnightlly/monthly/before long trips once I know the car and either trust it or dont' trust it with respect to oil use! My 160k miles BMW 328i used a bit, nothing else I've run has ever used a significant amount including a 130k mile 22 year old toyota.
Make sure car is level and parked for at least 10 mins before checking it. BEst to check it in the same place so you know the car is at lease sitting in the smae way each time you check.

MOdern cars should use next to no oil. Up to 1 litre per 2,000 miles is considered acceptable (bear in mind this is a full sumps worth between services though!) but that's really car manufacturers covering themselves agains warranty claims. Audi in particular appear to consider high oil use acceptable, BMW do on their performance variants too for some reason.

Gordon_Hose

They put a handy red light on the dashboard to let you know it needs topping up :D