Oil consumption?!?

[sudden-impact]

Ive only had my lcr bout a month or so now and i was out the other nite n the oil light came on.
i no when i bought the car i checked it and the oil level was fine but in this month i seem 2 hav used 2 n half litres of oil.
Does any1 hav any idea y im doin this much?

 

[traumapat]

do you have an oil light on the lcr or do you mean coolant?

if youve physically lost 2.5 litres of oil over a month... it must be going somewhere? any smoke? in oil in the expension tank?

 

[sudden-impact]

i hav an oil light.
well it dont smoke so i hav no idea exactly im no mechanic.
but it seriously needs sortin coz the oil i gotta use is 47quid for 5litres lol

 

[traumapat]

no expert but oil loss isnt good. could be valve stem seals, turbo, rings, head gasket...

if you have a illuminated oil can on your dash.. you may have lost oil pressure. id ring a garage for advice? i wouldnt drive it. is that the warning light you have?

 

[sudden-impact]

yer it comes in 2 diff colours red is well bad and ur doin damage and yellow is somethin else, well i had the yellow 1 so i pulled over and topped her up
the light has gone out and i had 2 drive home n i had no noises or anythin and the light aint com bac on
so i assume im burnin it somewhere.

 

[traumapat]

get a garage to pressure test the engine to find the leak... good luck

 

[Deleted member 20376]

Mine did something similar to that that i checked my oil every other week it was fine plenty in, then i left it for a few month (2) looked and id lost loads on the dipstick. the light on the dash wasnt on but it was low on the dipstick so i topped it up. i asked seat why this was or any reason. he said if there is no sign of oil on the drive after park then its propbably because its fairly new and low mileage its mainly cus its wearing in.

 

[sudden-impact]

i bloody hope its only low mileage lol
am not much bothered now coz got a new job wiv company van so i aint gotta drive hardly which means alot of mods

 

[Deleted member 20376]

lol good choice

 

[richybigman]

When i got my LCR brand new my oil light came on within about 2 months, all i had to do was top it up and it's been fine ever since. I rarely need to top up between services.

 

[sudden-impact]

well obviously illb keepin an eye on it from now and just monitor how it progresses.
but from the response ive had it dont look like somethin that will happen alot so am fine

 

[rsmith]

Just for the record my eats oil too, got it serviced a couple of months back and after the 2k miles the yellow light came on, the level was at the bottom of the dip, topped it up and away i went.Its always been like this and the garage told me it was probably from drivin the car hard.There are a million posts on here about LCR burning oil, i won't worry about it, as long as its not the red oil light for low oil pressure.