I would not panic just yet John, I still reckon that now we have had new rIngs, these in themselves will take some time to bed in somewhat and oil consumption may still be high'ish.JohnPolo wrote:Have been driving the car hard at times since having ring/scraper upgrade. Car has covered about 1100 and the oil level has dropped from 3/4 to around 1/4 full on the hatched area.
I cant make any direct comparison to you as I have not even done 700 yet since picking it up, but fortunanetly the level on mine is still at max. I know what you must be thinking though, how long do you have keep leaving things to know if there is still a problem.
Having done 1,100 on the new rings, I would expect consumption to tail off somewhat at this point. Perhaps top it up and check again at 1,500. Have you seen any tell tale smoke out of the exhaust or sooty deposits over the hatch?
I will be mad though if this is a false dawn and the problem still persists, albeit not to the same extent as previously.