How much oil does yours use?
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MY: 02
Mileage: 19000
Oil used per 1000 miles: virtually zilch
Indication of driving: Track /AB Roads 90%/ Motorway 10% / lots of vtec - it's a toy after all
Drank buckets up to ~11000 miles then eased up completely. Still check every fill up though.
Mileage: 19000
Oil used per 1000 miles: virtually zilch
Indication of driving: Track /AB Roads 90%/ Motorway 10% / lots of vtec - it's a toy after all
Drank buckets up to ~11000 miles then eased up completely. Still check every fill up though.
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Mine burns oil when I'm using VTEC a lot, but when I used it for few weeks to commute into work to make the most of the Summer (50 mph limit with random speed cameras 
) it didn't use any. On my last, reasonable fast, 400 mile trip it burnt about 125ml. That works out at 3,200 miles per litre (and, funnily enough, I use about 2 litres between services).
I think I have read somewhere that ring/piston repairs to rectify oil burning should only be considered if consumption is worse than 1,000 miles per litre so I'm happy with that.
) it didn't use any. On my last, reasonable fast, 400 mile trip it burnt about 125ml. That works out at 3,200 miles per litre (and, funnily enough, I use about 2 litres between services). I think I have read somewhere that ring/piston repairs to rectify oil burning should only be considered if consumption is worse than 1,000 miles per litre so I'm happy with that.
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Noticed it says in the book it can use up to 1litre per 600 miles. Mine certainly isn't that bad - but i do use a lot of VTEC when off the motorway. I tend to heel-toe/engine-brake coming up to islands etc which probably doesn't help either. It's having 27k service today (although only on 15k, as it had 2yr service at 6.5k), and I mentioned it to them but they didn't seem to concerned just keep an eye on it running under low, sir.