IanD
Member Since: 11 Mar 2006
Location: (Too) close to Paris
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SPOTTER wrote:I know modern diesels require a fair bit of bedding in but then oil consumption should be minimal surely?
The oil use on the D3 is not a matter of conventional "bedding in". It's to do with the use of the CGI block, which absorbs oil when new, after which the engine uses very little. That's what TFC was talking about above.
FWIW, I only checked ours after "several" thousand km following some comments here, and there was no oil on the dipstick! It took just under 2L in one go  . No further top-ups and it's now just over 20000 km.
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SPOTTER
Member Since: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Adrift........
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mine is obviously still new then   end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
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| 29th May 2007 4:40 pm |
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Ollram
Member Since: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gortynia
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no oil consumption from new to the first oil change (2000miles)
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| 30th May 2007 4:31 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Gareth wrote:Mine used a couple of litres in the first 15k, now it uses 1 litre per 15000 miles.
my [now] 75k, Jan 05 model was the same as Gareth's to the first 15k but then with 1 litre per 25k miles [over a few top-ups] since then. I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 30th May 2007 7:39 pm |
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