ford fiesta oil consumption

claire23

Hi, not quite a newbie but been away from site for a while. looking for some help with my car. we have a w reg 1.3 ford fiesta finesse which seems to be using a lot of oil with no obvious visible oil leaks. can anyone help with ideas/suggestions? thanks

anotherbaldrick

Worn out ? what mileage ? How much of a blue fog can you see in your rear mirror ?

ballyblack

If its a 14/15 year old engine? its getting tired & burning a drop of oil

Cheaper to buy oil than repair

claire23

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Worn out ? what mileage ? How much of a blue fog can you see in your rear mirror ?

not sure if worn out, approx. 80,000 miles, no blue fog

Ultrasonic

How much oil is it using?

claire23

Ultrasonic wrote: »

How much oil is it using?

OH did oil change approx. 2-3 months ago, checked today as mot 2mo and no oil in car

reeac

claire23 wrote: »

OH did oil change approx. 2-3 months ago, checked today as mot 2mo and no oil in car

In the absence of mileage info. that sounds as if it needs topping up every 2 weeks if the past 2-3 months useage has been typical. Changing to a heavier grade of oil might help. Beware of taking the car on a long motorway run - consumption could increase under those conditions.

ballyblack

did oil change approx. 2-3 months ago, checked today

on an old engine, best to check engine level weekly

claire23

ballyblack wrote: »

on an old engine, best to check engine level weekly

yeah we know tht now, usually do but had a lot of things on over last cple mths (knee operation, divorcing ex etc)

my question is, is this something we should be worried about for the mot 2mo ?

spacey2012

They might have used a generic oil which would be too fine for an old car.
A tub of the supermarket £4.99 stuff usually does the trick on this old engine .
Buy some cheap 20/40 or 20/50 and top it up with that.

claire23

spacey2012 wrote: »

They might have used a generic oil which would be too fine for an old car.
A tub of the supermarket £4.99 stuff usually does the trick on this old engine .
Buy some cheap 20/40 or 20/50 and top it up with that.

did oil change ourselves using 5w/40w part synthetic (I think anyway)

could it be as simple as that or could it be something more sinister?