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120d M-Sport
I think this is the same on all Renault engines. They all seem to suck oil like nothing. 1 Litre of oil won't last me 300miles before the clocks saying its empty and its not leaking either. Car just get abused all the time so guess thats down to me lol! Not had a service in like 15 to 20k aswel. Still going strong FTW!!! 
Seems a bit weird how some of you guys are using so much oil, my car gets driven relatively hard a lot of the time and i'm yet to see the oil leave the top of the dipstick marker...
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
I've never had to top my oil up between oil changes/services, and i do drive it quite hard... Now on just under 106k too.
It's within normal range I'd say. My 50k 182 uses way more oil than my 132k 172.
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
132k good going :approve:
mmmm, thats quite a statement :quiet:
If your using a litre of your oil in under 5k I think its safe to assume you have a pressure leak, possibly through a bolt or gasket, either way its excessive.
I think this is the same on all Renault engines. Car just get abused all the time so guess thats down to me lol! Not had a service in like 15 to 20k aswel. Still going strong FTW!!!
Wont be long until it goes bang (hopefully)
if you cant be arsed to get it serviced - its not the same on all renault engines. Its only abused cars/worn engines (that arent serviced) seem to use oil, the only renault engine i have known to use oil was my girfriends old Williams as it was abused daily from cold(she was young!) the engine was getting tired, and it was rattely from cold. It still worked ok and gave good power but liked to use oil.My 182 however that has been cared for from new never uses any at all.
Same with my daily 1.8 16v Laguna(similar engine to 182 just smaller) on 123k miles, never uses a drop.
Mine needs a litre-ish top up every 2500-3000 miles or so, generally every 3 months or so......which I keep on top of and normally top it up every 1000 miles to keep it near the top dip stick mark. I change my oil every 6 months too. Magnatec 10W40 in the spring, and 5W40 in the autumn.
I have a nearly 90k 53 plate 172 Cup, that I think has had a hard life lol. It did have a full (not all Ren) service history which I looked through at the time of leaving the deposit, however the garage I bought it from 250 miles away forgot to put it in the car when I collected it, and when asked they kindly posted it......which I never received.....and basically they couldnt be arsed to find out why even after many a heated (read: abusive) phonecall.....grumble grumble.
Think from what I have heard from this thread and several others RenaultSport engines have varying degrees of tollerance quality......some are good with oil, some are bad......and then some are really bad.....esp the ones that arnt serviced regulary.
I have a nearly 90k 53 plate 172 Cup, that I think has had a hard life lol. It did have a full (not all Ren) service history which I looked through at the time of leaving the deposit, however the garage I bought it from 250 miles away forgot to put it in the car when I collected it, and when asked they kindly posted it......which I never received.....and basically they couldnt be arsed to find out why even after many a heated (read: abusive) phonecall.....grumble grumble.
Think from what I have heard from this thread and several others RenaultSport engines have varying degrees of tollerance quality......some are good with oil, some are bad......and then some are really bad.....esp the ones that arnt serviced regulary.
what he said
please tell me you're not waiting for the warning light to come on!
you should check the oil once a week with the dipstick
Steve
ClioSport Club Member
ST3 8.5
what he said
please tell me you're not waiting for the warning light to come on!
you should check the oil once a week with the dipstick
If you don't your a dipstick
a thirsty one
mine is done evry 6k or 6 months roughly and had to top it up once half way through a track day but even doing 3 or 3 track days between oil changes it is still fine.
what oil are you using? grade?
what oil are you using? grade?
182
alright calm down.. now I know I will do. I thought every one or two months was regular enough. How many people religiously check it EVERY WEEK or even at all?
I'm using 5w 40 fully synth.
I don't quite understand what you're getting at fred?
a thirsty one
i have been using mobil 1 0w-40 because it is cheap at costco and even though its a bit thinner still hasnt been using any.
hold my hands up only check dipstick every month and rely on the dash digital level gauge weekly.
hold my hands up only check dipstick every month and rely on the dash digital level gauge weekly.
From what I've read I think the OP meant he's checked the dipstick, took a note of what level it was, then put a litre of oil in, then kept checking the oil level till it reached the same level as it was originally.
I check my oil every few days or so but I'm a little paranoid because I neglected checking the dipstick with one car I had, doesn't take a genius to work out what happened but it was a new engine job.
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lenny85
mines using about 1 litre every 600 miles but varies every weekend lol any thoughts? regularly serviced, just had dephaser pulley changed which solved knocking noise but not the oil. seems to be burning from state of exhaust but - - no blue smoke on startup or revving or when booting it!! really stuck for ideas now.
Clio 182 Trophy. No. 189
Was gonna post about my warning light coming up but think I'll resort to this more regularly!!
Hey guys,
Im a newbie on here.. Have had my 172 for around 2 months now.. year of manufacture 2002, done 52k miles.
I had the service light come on after about a month after an oil check at startup so topped up the oil with half a litre.. this vanished within about 3-4 weeks, so have topped up another half litre (brought the dipstick level to just over halfway) and will be seeing how long this lasts... but its looking like its using alot of oil either way. I know some of u have the same problem but alot of u dont so i'll be taking it into the garage and seeing what they say.. I've heard it may be hard to pinpoint exactly whats wrong tho, i'll let u know how i get on.
Have any of the peeps on here with high oil usage managed to get the problem solved? if so what was up? I was guessing maybe the pistons/rings if its been driven hard in previous life but i cant see any blue smoke out of the exhaust..
cheers!
Muz
Im a newbie on here.. Have had my 172 for around 2 months now.. year of manufacture 2002, done 52k miles.
I had the service light come on after about a month after an oil check at startup so topped up the oil with half a litre.. this vanished within about 3-4 weeks, so have topped up another half litre (brought the dipstick level to just over halfway) and will be seeing how long this lasts... but its looking like its using alot of oil either way. I know some of u have the same problem but alot of u dont so i'll be taking it into the garage and seeing what they say.. I've heard it may be hard to pinpoint exactly whats wrong tho, i'll let u know how i get on.
Have any of the peeps on here with high oil usage managed to get the problem solved? if so what was up? I was guessing maybe the pistons/rings if its been driven hard in previous life but i cant see any blue smoke out of the exhaust..
cheers!
Muz
