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claire23
claire23 Posts: 226 Forumite
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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
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  • anotherbaldrick
    anotherbaldrick Posts: 2,335 Forumite
    Worn out ? what mileage ? How much of a blue fog can you see in your rear mirror ?
    You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe (Henry IV part 2)
  • ballyblack
    ballyblack Posts: 5,136 Forumite
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    If its a 14/15 year old engine? its getting tired & burning a drop of oil

    Cheaper to buy oil than repair
  • claire23
    claire23 Posts: 226 Forumite
    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
    Ultrasonic Posts: 4,265 Forumite
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    How much oil is it using?
  • claire23
    claire23 Posts: 226 Forumite
    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
    reeac Posts: 1,430 Forumite
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    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
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    did oil change approx. 2-3 months ago, checked today


    on an old engine, best to check engine level weekly
  • claire23
    claire23 Posts: 226 Forumite
    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
    spacey2012 Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    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.
    Be happy...;)
  • claire23
    claire23 Posts: 226 Forumite
    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?
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