Xantia oil cosumption

nickj · Post by **nickj** » 13 Oct 2002, 21:39

why does my recently purchased 1996 Xantia 1.8 16v require at least half a litre of oil every 1000 miles ? the car has a full dealer history and has done 60k. it does not appear to smoke on start up or hard acceleration and coolant looks o.k.
any ideas? or is this normal !!!

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » 14 Oct 2002, 00:48

Can you rule out the fact that it's leaking onto the ground?

marco1 · Post by **marco1** » 14 Oct 2002, 03:20

hi got the 2.ol 16v,never uses any oil!!2500miles since change,holiday..hard drive through france. ive seen in other posts i think that the 18.00 16v did use a bit more oil than others ...

Dave Burns · Post by **Dave Burns** » 14 Oct 2002, 03:22

Try a different brand or type of oil, I once tried Magnatec in my first Xantia n/a diesel, that was the only time I've known a diesel to burn oil, and boy did it burn it.
If its burning oil because of worn internals, there should be smoke when accelerating away after decending a long steep hill using engine braking, during this time the manifold vacuum will be at its most intense and cause oil to be sucked past worn components, such as valve stem oil seals.
Dave

stevenlizuk · Post by **stevenlizuk** » 14 Oct 2002, 08:41

dear nick
i would agree with dave, try using a different oil. i recently treated my xantia to mobil 1 and it repaid me by burning a litre of it in 1000miles, i have since swapped this to the synthetic castrol magnatec gtd stuff and all seems well.
hope this a help
steve
steve kerr