wadswoaj

My car had its first service at 9000 miles with a change to fully synthetic oil....... before the service my S was regularly using around 100ml (one mark on the dip stick) every 250 miles so I had to top up regularly....... but since the oil change I've only used around 50ml in 2500 miles! ie. its gone from using a fair amount to virtually nothing!

Has anyone else had similar experience?

SNAPPER

18k - 27k its used 3litres of mobil 1

warren

Nick Graves

Mine stopped guzzling oil overnite at about the first service too.

The synth is probably a red herring.

wadswoaj

I was wondering if the reduced usage was due to a full sythetic oil being harder to "burn"...... I guess a mineral oil churning round at 9000rpm is liable to physically burn up while a good synthetic won't be destroyed..... hence reduced use?

Before the service/oil change I had no evidence that the oil was leaking so I assume it was consumed by the engine?

douglasr

My consumption has halved. Downside is that the engine rattles more when cold and at idle.

mikepritchard

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My consumption has halved.