paul.ascroft@bmw.co.za
New Member
My TD5 seems to be using a lot of oil. I've put a litre in over the last 1000km. There are no obvious signs of leaking, no blue smoke etc. Anyone got any ideas?
disco_steve
New Member
How many miles has it clocked (km's) ???
thebiglad
Well-Known Member
My wife's Disco '92 TDi200 uses a bit of oil so I'm curious as to why you ask this question?
paul.ascroft@bmw.co.za
New Member
Ok, just to answer some of the questions.
The truck has done 178,000km.
No, I don't have a wading plug in the bell housing and it's an Auto.
"Ryperd" (for those non-south Africans, this means horse) pulls like a train and performance is ok returning 9+ km/liter fuel.
So I'm a bit baffled. Thought about having compression test done to see if piston rings a bit stuffed but then I would expect performance to be a bit duff.
The truck has done 178,000km.
No, I don't have a wading plug in the bell housing and it's an Auto.
"Ryperd" (for those non-south Africans, this means horse) pulls like a train and performance is ok returning 9+ km/liter fuel.
So I'm a bit baffled. Thought about having compression test done to see if piston rings a bit stuffed but then I would expect performance to be a bit duff.
disco_steve
New Member
Not always, your compression rings could be fine (good power output) but yer oil control rings could be buggered, hence oil consumption high . . .
Assuming no obvious 'bad' leaks, then it can only be burning it !!!
battenberg
Well-Known Member
it's all in yer ECU.. that's where it goes!
disco_steve
New Member
Maybe some clever bastid shud 'invent' a bypass system to pipe the oil wot ends up in the ECU 'back' to where it shud BE - in the injun !!!
paul.ascroft@bmw.co.za
New Member
Now then,
I don't think a litre of oil would fit in the ecu!!
Topped it up on monday and so far done +500km. Logic would say that if I lost a litre in 1000km then the oil should have dropped in 500km......checked it last night and it hasn't moved.
If I was burning a litre in 1000km, I would expect to see blue mist following me everywhere....but no, only black diesel smoke if I gun it from start. I think I will just monitor it and if necessary take to my local independant for assessment.
I don't think a litre of oil would fit in the ecu!!
Topped it up on monday and so far done +500km. Logic would say that if I lost a litre in 1000km then the oil should have dropped in 500km......checked it last night and it hasn't moved.
If I was burning a litre in 1000km, I would expect to see blue mist following me everywhere....but no, only black diesel smoke if I gun it from start. I think I will just monitor it and if necessary take to my local independant for assessment.
disco_steve
New Member
Well this IS the Looney Zone
