ford fiesta oil consumption

ballyblack

not sure if worn out, approx. 80,000 miles,

80,000 (low miles for a 15 year old car)

Life of short runs? on a cold engine & infrequent oil changes would make it wear prematurely

spacey2012

5w/40 will pee it's way down the valve guides on that engine, if its the OHV, if it is the CVH, I am amazed it had any oil left after 100 miles.
Yes way way to thin for that engine .
You have found the problem.

claire23

ballyblack wrote: »

80,000 (low miles for a 15 year old car)

Life of short runs? on a cold engine & infrequent oil changes would make it wear prematurely

until cple yrs ago was serviced regularly by a previous owner from new think prob has had a life of short runs altho has had 5 previous owners in total on v5 (1 may be garage we bought from)

we did think we got a bargain with the low mileage, had to replace clutch, exhaust downpipe a cple mths after purchase and front suspension and front brakes jst recently (for MOT)

claire23

spacey2012 wrote: »

5w/40 will pee it's way down the valve guides on that engine, if its the OHV, if it is the CVH, I am amazed it had any oil left after 100 miles.
Yes way way to thin for that engine .
You have found the problem.

OHV?
CVH?

sorry not a motor head lol

claire23

spacey2012 wrote: »

5w/40 will pee it's way down the valve guides on that engine, if its the OHV, if it is the CVH, I am amazed it had any oil left after 100 miles.
Yes way way to thin for that engine .
You have found the problem.

according to user guide that came with the car its recommended to use 5w/30w (my mistake earlier I thot it was 5/40 its actually 5/30 we've been using )

PeteDoff

I have a 34 year old vehicle and I use only 500ml per year so it's going somewhere. Basically it's leaking or ..........d

Ultrasonic

PeteDoff wrote: »

I have a 34 year old vehicle and I use only 500ml per year so it's going somewhere.

How many miles per year do you drive? There are plenty of perfectly decent cars on the road that use more oil than yours.

The OP's case of getting through several litres in a 2-3 months is of course a problem though!

atrixblue.-MFR-.

spacey2012 wrote: »

5w/40 will pee it's way down the valve guides on that engine, if its the OHV, if it is the CVH, I am amazed it had any oil left after 100 miles.
Yes way way to thin for that engine .
You have found the problem.

W REG FIESTA 1.3 fitted with cvh!

CVH stopped production in the fiesta in 1995 in the end of the mk3!.

mk4 1.3 was fitted with the endura E/FE/EFI OHV.

if oil was peeing down the valve guides there would a cloud of smoke screen behind the op and she would notice.

20/50 will do it no justice, and probably kill it quicker.

OP they did you do the oil check when then engine was hot? if so it was all up in the engine and hadn't flowed back into the sump and you got a false reading..

no oil = engine seizure and the endure engine is will seize with little or no oil so there is was some in there.

avoid using a A1 classed oil specification e.g on the bottle of oil ACEA A1/B1 it get burned allot faster than A2/B2 spec as its not aluminum engine but a all cast iron one witch runs hotter than aluminum engines so the A1 spec get burned away allot quicker.

5w40 semi synth will do the job but watch those specification letter and numbers.

you can go 5w.30 fully synthetic or even use a higher priced named brand for high miler cars such a high mileage Valvoline 5/40semi synthetic oil.

claire23

oil check was done when engine was cold

ballyblack

and no oil in car

even though no oil was showing on the dipstick there was still a little in the bottom of sump so prevented seizing

you got lucky