New Zetec 1.25l engine for Fiesta
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From: loony on 15 Feb 2007 04:18 On 13 Feb, 23:23, Tony Brett <t...(a)tonybrett.org.uk> wrote: > My engine is fully functional too - it just uses rather a lot of oil. I > drive it 350 miles with three adult passengers on Saturday with no > problems - it just needed a litre of Oil when I filled it with Petrol :-) > > Tony- > - - Any idea why it's using so much oil? Is it leaking at all or just burning it? Could it be fixed? As I said in a previous thread my old fiesta 1.4 zetec at 90k used to use a bit of oil but not so as much as yours seems to use.
From: Tony Brett on 15 Feb 2007 05:18 loony wrote: > On 13 Feb, 23:23, Tony Brett <t...(a)tonybrett.org.uk> wrote: > >> My engine is fully functional too - it just uses rather a lot of oil. I >> drive it 350 miles with three adult passengers on Saturday with no >> problems - it just needed a litre of Oil when I filled it with Petrol :-) >> >> Tony- >> - - > > Any idea why it's using so much oil? Is it leaking at all or just > burning it? Could it be fixed? There is no sign of a leak. The car is parked in a clean garage every day - the garage floor remains clean. I am pretty convinced the oil consumption is not a result of dodgy emissions control systems and it doesn't smoke after standing for a while so I don't think it's the valve stems. That really only leaves the oil control rings doesn't it? > As I said in a previous thread my old fiesta 1.4 zetec at 90k used to > use a bit of oil but not so as much as yours seems to use. How much was "a bit" ? Tony
From: Stu on 15 Feb 2007 05:44 Tony Brett <tony.brett(a)oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote in news:er1c2c$11m$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk: > loony wrote: >> On 13 Feb, 23:23, Tony Brett <t...(a)tonybrett.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> My engine is fully functional too - it just uses rather a lot of >>> oil. I drive it 350 miles with three adult passengers on Saturday >>> with no problems - it just needed a litre of Oil when I filled it >>> with Petrol :-) >>> >>> Tony- >>> - - >> >> Any idea why it's using so much oil? Is it leaking at all or just >> burning it? Could it be fixed? > > There is no sign of a leak. The car is parked in a clean garage every > day - the garage floor remains clean. > > I am pretty convinced the oil consumption is not a result of dodgy > emissions control systems and it doesn't smoke after standing for a > while so I don't think it's the valve stems. That really only leaves > the oil control rings doesn't it? > >> As I said in a previous thread my old fiesta 1.4 zetec at 90k used to >> use a bit of oil but not so as much as yours seems to use. > > How much was "a bit" ? > > Tony > > If it's economical and doesn't smoke, and you really want to keep it, perhaps the best solution is to keep topping up? I know oil is expensive, but it's only like adding a couple of quid to the cost of refuelling. You'll go a hell of a long distance before your oil bill approaches the cost of a new engine! I was going to suggest switching to the cheapy oil, then remembered it's a Zetec. It'll be best to buy the correct grade oil in it's cheapest form. Stu ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: Tony Brett on 15 Feb 2007 05:56 Stu wrote: > If it's economical and doesn't smoke, and you really want to keep it, > perhaps the best solution is to keep topping up? I know oil is > expensive, but it's only like adding a couple of quid to the cost of > refuelling. You'll go a hell of a long distance before your oil bill > approaches the cost of a new engine! Yes - you're probably right. > I was going to suggest switching to the cheapy oil, then remembered it's > a Zetec. It'll be best to buy the correct grade oil in it's cheapest > form. Ford have said that it's OK to run it on 10W40 at this mileage and it does actually seem to consume a bit less of that so perhaps, as you suggest, I'll live with it. Heathrow Engines keep emailing me "last minute special offers" for engine replacement :-)Don't worry - I shan't be going there. Tony
From: loony on 15 Feb 2007 12:11
On 15 Feb, 10:18, Tony Brett <tony.br...(a)oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > loony wrote: > > > As I said in a previous thread my old fiesta 1.4 zetec at 90k used to > > use a bit of oil but not so as much as yours seems to use. > > How much was "a bit" ? > > Tony Well, I'm trying to remember now ( I got rid of it a year ago). You seem to suggest that it needed a litre after 350 miles I'm presuming it was full before the trip. I certainly didn't top up every fill up (around 250miles) so I'm guessing that I'd probably put less than a litre in every month ( at the time I was driving around 300 miles a week) but I can't be sure as my oil checking, although reasonably regular (approx once a month) depended on me finding a place to park the car that wasn't on an incline!! |