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Offline tilly05

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vr6 oil burners??
« on: 31 January 2012, 12:47 »
My mates got a vr6 think its a 1997  I was asking how it is as a daily drive and along with fuel usage his main complaint was oil usage..
1 litre a week  :shocked:    Was I wrong in thinking that this wouldnt be the case it seems a bit much tbh  an old rattly hcs escort yes but a nice hmodern (ish) vr6 
Should he be worried or is this the norm??

if it's norm I'l definattly continue the search for a 16v and leave the vr6 idea!!!

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Offline Luke1981

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #1 on: 31 January 2012, 13:03 »
1 litre a week is defo not the norm..
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Offline VR6_Wherry

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #2 on: 31 January 2012, 13:07 »
That is not the norm! He has something wrong there, it's leaking somewhere!!

I went through nearly 3 litres over the year, which is around normal but even then a tad high!
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Offline Stirring Moose

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2012, 18:47 »
No engine should use oil like that. Even the old '50s and '60s motors, some of which were designed to consume a small amount of oil, didn't need topping up at that kind of rate. By the time you get to the VR6's era engines were pretty oil tight by design.

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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #4 on: 31 January 2012, 18:58 »
My old vr6 didn't use any oil...
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Offline Junior74

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #5 on: 31 January 2012, 19:11 »
Yeh, mine uses very little oil too...
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Offline leigh_harty

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #6 on: 31 January 2012, 20:22 »
Mines dropped a tiny bit from around 7000miles... alot of them driving like a c0ck. Over 200k on clock

..... Now continue your search for a vr  :wink:
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Offline danny_p

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #7 on: 31 January 2012, 22:24 »
it's ether leacking, or broken    ether stem seals or bores.
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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2012, 10:32 »
Quote from: VR6_Wherry on 31 January 2012, 13:07
That is not the norm! He has something wrong there, it's leaking somewhere!!

I went through nearly 3 litres over the year, which is around normal but even then a tad high!


mines about 3 litres a year also
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Offline tilly05

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Re: vr6 oil burners??
« Reply #9 on: 03 February 2012, 05:05 »
Spoke to him told him to get it looked at,  its not a litre a week but he still has to check it every week and add a little..
My quest shall continue, after missing out on 2 16vs recently may start looking at more vr's!!

Bit off topic but what are they like to live with?? I do a 25 mile round trip and dependent on what shift I'm on i am greated with the rush hour traffic round sheffield.. Could do without it costing me a fortune getting to work and back!!
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