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Oil consumption
Hi just checked oil today on our D3 it has used about 3/4 litre for about 2500 miles just wonder if this is about the norm ? my BMW v10 m5 loved the stuff 1000 miles per litre @19.50 a go ouch !! . We are going over to France soon and want to carry enough oil to be on the safe side as may do up to 4000 miles
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Mine did use oil when it was new(ish) but that was many years and over 100k miles ago, since then never had to put any in between services. But like a true god fearing LR driver I carry 2 x 1 ltr bottles of oil, just in case.
60k on my manual D3 - oil changed every 6 months, and no tops up in the interim.
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27th Aug 2014 8:32 am
Disco_Mikey
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Mine has used about 1/4 of a litre in 11k miles. Not all easy miles either
I find that the harder the car is driven, the more oil vapour is sucked out of the breather system, and burnt through the engine My D3 Build Thread
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mine has 220 TKM on the clock and it takes 0,5 l per 10 TKM.
Do not worry about the oil in France, you can pick up Shell Helix 5W30 for 35,-- € in a 5 l bottle in almost every supermarket. Carrefour, Casino and Auchan sometimes sell it in a 7 l package ( 5 + 2 ) for less than 35,--.Achim
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New (alloy) engines always "use" oil - the castings absorb it for a bit then once "full" stop. Normally takes 10-15K to settle down.Mark.
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27th Aug 2014 12:48 pm
DN D3 Decade
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Nearly 9 yrs old, 60k miles, nil oil required between annual oil changes (approx 8k mile intervals), level doesn't even drop from upper level marker.
27th Aug 2014 2:08 pm
ruben D3 Decade
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D3, 2.7 manual MY 06...
exactly happens with mine ... I do ... 220,000 km service every 24,000 and has never needed to be filled between services ...lost in translation!
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27th Aug 2014 2:55 pm
maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
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Sorry to rub it in but as many have already stated - no oil top up between services
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all. Might be a 1ltr/10k
