Oil consumption - 1year on

[eightball103]

Just thought id post a little information and ask a little advice.

1 year on, bought the 200 brand-spanking-new.
Engine has eaten through the complimentary litre of ELF and a litre of Castrol.
Both 5w40 fully synthetic.

Is this normal?

My daily drive is approx 5mins up and down a hill. Somedays if im lucky i get to put my foot down going up the hill :thumbup:

Occasional blasts on the motorway.

Often ragging the engine and getting the cold engine limiter as i come out of work (standing start from a junction onto a fast road!)

Can others chime in with their yearly oil consumption?

 

[B6MFD]

In the past all my cars have used loads of oil, my clio however doenst seem to use any at all......think they are all different tho to be fair.

 

[blackpanther]

Mines on 20k and has been topped up with half a ltr. This was before the 12k service, its not used any from 12k to 20k

 

[ryan197]

have you check around the rocker cover to see if theres any slight leaks, ive got a slight leak on mine, ive had to top up twice abit ago, but it hasnt needed it since? if its brand new i would ask renault to have a look.

 

[Foxspeed]

oil consumption can only really be compared on a "mileage" basis...so what miles have you done in it?

on what you say - it will probably have a slightly high consumption - the cold start bootfull situation...

 

[ben_r1]

Feel sorry for your engine, limiter with cold oil will take it's toll on any engine eventually.

On that note mines on 13k and never burns oil between services.

 

[eightball103]

yea, 1st year service is due (really need to get on and book that) ive done over 8K now.
I will suggest they inspect for any leaks.

Yea i pity my engine too. but the point is its an engine and not a small child that needs to be coddled.

 

[Foxspeed]

2ltr in 8k......its fine :thumbup:

 

[Richy200]

I used in 12k half a bottle of the elf stuff

The service is either 12k or 2 years btw. As I had mine serviced at 11months as the milage was up.

 

[Foxspeed]

how do you think some car makers have such looonnnnnng service intervals....a top up of a few litres inbetween helps alot :001_rolleyes:

 

[tchalikias]

My 200 needs 250 of oil every 4000 miles. I change the oil every 8k miles.

 

[smiler]

When I brought my RB new in 2009 in the 1st year I used just under a bottle but that was due too a lot of mileage I was doing at the time,had it serviced just before it was due and everything was fine had no problems what so ever