using a lot of oil...

[andynorfolk]

have had the oil pressure checked and it's absolutely spot on, but in the space of a few hundred miles of driving (admittedly i was giving it some) the oil has gone from the max on the dipstick to just below the min...

this seems like a hell of a lot of oil used... any ideas? cheers

[gibby]

Sorry to state the obvious, but oil leak ?   

I think you need to give us a bit more info.

[andynorfolk]

i haven't noticed any oil leaking though :S

and the oil pressure being fine makes it seem a bit strange...

if there is a leak where is it most likely to leak from?

[gibby]

If you lost that much (think it will be approx 0.75L between marks) you should be able to see a leak. Daft question, when you checked the levels did you push the dipstick far enough back in ? Also, is there blue smoke coming out of the exhaust ? That would suggest burning some oil.

[mk2mark..]

valve stem oil seals gone ? burning oil blue smoke coming from the rear ?

[andynorfolk]

i definately put the dipstick in deep enough aha

and there hasn't been any blue smoke from the exhaust...

i've parked it over a piece of cardboard so i can see if it's dripping and where it's dripping from

[gibby]

You're either wrong and messed up your checks or you've got an oil leak. It can't be anything else.

[Wayne]

If you have not got a leak then it must be burning it.

[danny_p]

allways worth checking that the oil's not finding it's way into the water. no uncommon for the oil cooler to fail and it to pump the coolant full of oil

[mr mk2]

When checking ur oil did u leave it some time after 'giving it some' b4 re-checking as if u read it straight away u could get a faulse reading