My 07 MY D3 has just reached 6k miles and as far as I can tell, it has used NO oil.......I keep checking it as prev threads have suggested some oil usage in the beginning but mine seems not to do so....
what are other folks experiences??
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MY05/06 or 07 might be a parameter that needs to be considered as well.Did you think I would leave you crying,
When there's room in my D3 for 7,
Climb in here Joe we'll soon be flying,
I can go just as fast with 7.
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I must admit I was a liitle concerned that mine didn't use much oil (less than a litre, certainly) in first 5k miles, especially as dealer had told me that most use bucket loads until they have done between 12k and 20k miles, Certainly had me thinking ' Have they sold me a new car with a USED motor in it?'.......Still not convinced otherwise, actually, as mine is particularly noisy compared with all others.
25th May 2007 9:56 am
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25th May 2007 9:57 am
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My car has only used 1 ltr or so but Mrs DSL's car used up 3-4 ltrs in first 12000 miles. Both TDV6 autos.
25th May 2007 10:42 am
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Mine used a couple of litres in the first 15k, now it uses 1 litre per 15000 miles.
25th May 2007 6:13 pm
10forcash
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Previous D3 didn't require any top-up prior to 15k service, current one took about a litre at roughly 8k miles. the oil usage is entirely dependent upon the distribution of the graphite in the composition of the engine block, hence the variance
10fc, surely the graphite would be homogeneous ?Did you think I would leave you crying,
When there's room in my D3 for 7,
Climb in here Joe we'll soon be flying,
I can go just as fast with 7.
2005 TDV6 S with Terrain Response (& all that entails), Tasmods (gorn). 2008 TDV6 HSE (gone). A Dark Side umbrella (here) & car (here).
Interesting. I would of thought the feedstock to the engine casting would be well blended.Did you think I would leave you crying,
When there's room in my D3 for 7,
Climb in here Joe we'll soon be flying,
I can go just as fast with 7.
2005 TDV6 S with Terrain Response (& all that entails), Tasmods (gorn). 2008 TDV6 HSE (gone). A Dark Side umbrella (here) & car (here).
Ah-hah. 8) Did you think I would leave you crying,
When there's room in my D3 for 7,
Climb in here Joe we'll soon be flying,
I can go just as fast with 7.
2005 TDV6 S with Terrain Response (& all that entails), Tasmods (gorn). 2008 TDV6 HSE (gone). A Dark Side umbrella (here) & car (here).
Indeed I do, thanks Matey. Did you think I would leave you crying,
When there's room in my D3 for 7,
Climb in here Joe we'll soon be flying,
I can go just as fast with 7.
2005 TDV6 S with Terrain Response (& all that entails), Tasmods (gorn). 2008 TDV6 HSE (gone). A Dark Side umbrella (here) & car (here).
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hmmmm
mine is far from new (40000 miles) and has used 2 litres of oil in the last 8000 miles. This is apparently well within LR tolerance which surprised me...........I know modern diesels require a fair bit of bedding in but then oil consumption should be minimal surely?
my Tdi 90 never used any oil between services for the whole 130000 miles I had it for!!!!end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
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