Ford Focus 2000 Engine Oil Problem?
My car Has 68000 miles and I don’t have blue smoke coming out from the exhaust or any kind of leaking on the engine. Can someone help me please or advice me what to do?
Answers:
make sure that the garage tightened the oil filter. If it is loose at all, it will blow all of the oil out because it is under pressure from the oil pump.
Did you check the oil when the engine was off? If it was on, you really cant get a true reading. Are there any leaks?
the dipstick will only measure oil for the last quart and a half.. so it may just be a quart and a half low. could have been the garage forgot to put all the oil that's required (espcially of garages that don't do too many oil changes) or a slight leak..
also as the other fellow said.. need to check it cold
Check oil with the engine off and the car level. If you notice the car burns oil, try using the 15w 40 motor oil in the engine and see what happens.
Good way to make sure you're car will run better is to put Lucas oil additive in the oil. Great stuff and cars with that much miles usually will burn some oil
It is quite usual for a petrol engine to use a 1/2 litre of oil every thousand miles or so. Oil will be burnt by any engine in varying amounts usual caused by oil vapours being burnt off through the intake system. I more serious cases, oil leaks past the piston rings or valve stem oil seals and is burnt off during the combustion process. My advice is for you to conduct an oil usage test by monitoring the engine oil level in the engine when cold on a regular basis. If, as you say, there don't appear to be any external leaks and there is no blue smoke from the exhaust, then it may be acceptable usage. If you find that the usage is more than a 1/2 litre per thousand miles, then the possible cause could be sticking piston rings caused by carbonisation.
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