hi just a querie is it normal i every 300 miles or a tank ful of petrol i go through i have to top up engine oil...

i lose about a quarter from the max mark is this normal?

i currently have mobil 1 5w 30 ESP oil in the car...

regards

 

A quart (or liter) every 1200 miles is a bit much... back in the old days, I'd say 'oil is cheap' and not worry about it. But now with the Jag, I'd be mildly concerned.

 

I use about the same over 1000 miles. The car had non-synthetic oil in it when I bought it, and I ran it for 7000 miles before changing to synthetic. I did notice it seems to use more oil once I switched to the same Mobil as you are using.....

Are your cam cover gaskets leaking ?? You can lose oil out of them and there's no puddles of oil on the floor, because the oil burns off on the exhaust :-)

 

My car will drop down to a half quart low after a few hundred miles. If I keep topping it up it will keep burning it off. If I leave it alone it will stay at a half a quart down. So, I leave it alone. Otherwise, I'd be going through a lot of oil. Others may disagree, but I don't add until it gets down to the 'add' line.

 

I have found exactly the same thing. The engien returns to half a quart low shortly after topping it off but it never drops below that. If I leave it alone it is fine. I have an '01 SC engine

 

Same here--it's a losing battle to keep the oil level exactly at the full mark, but the level becomes very stable if I leave it somewhat below full.

TTYL
David

 

thank you all very much for this info right i will stop topping up and see how i get on if it does go under the half mark then i may top up as i heard if the oil is too low on these engines then it mess up the crankshaft etc etc

regards thank you again much appreciated great help

 

also mobil 1 esp 5w30 i heard tends to burn off real quick coz of the thiness but its very very good for the engine keeps it clean...

regards