Excessive Oil Usage

[pete-w-]

in our fleet, i know of 4 honda diesels that have seized, one of the cars has had 3 engines, they were all due to low oil. all were low milage too, between 10-20,000 miles.

[TonyN]

And the moral is......

Check you're friggin' oil!! Weekly at least, as every single vehicle handbook says.

Not really any excuse for running out of oil unless you have a catastrophic leak whle driving.

[pete-w-]

thats easy for us to follow tony, but try tellin sales reps to check there oil every week, even tho theyve bin drivin for 20 years they pobably never checked there oil once, and these new honda diesels are a bit heavier on oil usage than yer average car imo, a recipe for lots of disasters and by the look of it are gonna get honda a bad name in diesels, even tho rightly as youve said you should check yer oil at least once week, but in reality the average car user wont do it often and maybe not at all, especially on a newer car.

[MattF]

Been chomping the grouchy flakes Tony?

[gwh200]

Been chomping the grouchy flakes Tony?

black calling the kettle black pot

please rearrange matt !!!

[da SLUG man]

usually after a few month you get to know how much oil a motor is gonna use... so you can vary your checks accordingly.


i've got a 57 reg mercedes 2633 axor which has 19,000km on the clock... in the passenger footwell are 5 empty cans of very expensive castrol!!...
it drinks oillike there's no tomorrow... and added to that, the electronic oil guage can't make it's mind up!... it varies between ok and requiring 5 litres!!... it's total crap!

[MattF]

black calling the kettle black pot

please rearrange matt !!!

I know, but it's so much more amusing when somebody else is being the grouch.

[TonyN]

thats easy for us to follow tony, but try tellin sales reps to check there oil every week, even tho theyve bin drivin for 20 years they pobably never checked there oil once, and these new honda diesels are a bit heavier on oil usage than yer average car imo, a recipe for lots of disasters and by the look of it are gonna get honda a bad name in diesels, even tho rightly as youve said you should check yer oil at least once week, but in reality the average car user wont do it often and maybe not at all, especially on a newer car.

Yeah, when I worked for a living, 'my' van had to be checked over once a week, fluid levels, bulbs, tyres, etc...we normally did it on fridays before knocking off. If it wasn't signed off I'd be in trouble.

Been chomping the grouchy flakes Tony?

Must be hanging out with Apache to much.

Just trying to point out, Honda or whoever, is perfectly entitled to tell people to bog off if their car runs out of oil in normal use. Its like taking the car back cos it runs out of petrol!!!

[gwh200]

i cant wait till we get onto checking/ servicing the coolant system !

[pete-w-]

thats easy just check the coolant same time you check the oil as you'd already have the bonnet up if its a 2.4 check then just cross fingers just incase lol

[MattF]

i cant wait till we get onto checking/ servicing the coolant system !

Oh hell, I've given up preaching on that. They just ne'er listen. Until it goes tits up again, that is. And yes, I'm not ashamed to stand there annoyingly saying: 'told you so'.

[gwh200]

ahh just ask matt about a yearly coolant service,including a coolant change,and the people that dont do it,and the fact it gives hm a migraine........

[MattF]

ahh just ask matt about a yearly coolant service,including a coolant change,and the people that dont do it,and the fact it gives hm a migraine........

It's the thermostat shirkers that really annoy me.

[gwh200]

i understand you are a one a year man matt

[BUSHWHACKER]

Oh hell, I've given up preaching on that. They just ne'er listen. Until it goes tits up again, that is. And yes, I'm not ashamed to stand there annoyingly saying: 'told you so'.

You can't start a sentence with 'And'