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I haven't checked my oil

Posted By: Morrison

I haven't checked my oil - 01/11/2019 18:35

As the title says, I haven't checked my oil. For a long time. Admittedly it's been serviced and had a new turbo this year, so Joe has checked and changed it twice. But not me.

I'm a bad man. teacher
Posted By: Countrycruising

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 01/11/2019 20:40

..... dude go and check your oil shout
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 02/11/2019 06:37

If it is leaking you know there is some in haha, I think IV cured my leaks now so have to check it.
Posted By: JKD

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 02/11/2019 21:24

Is it true that if you don't check the Coop's oil, the Coop then forgets it has got oil, and then the Coop's oil magically disappears?
Posted By: Countrycruising

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 03/11/2019 08:39

Originally Posted by JKD
Is it true that if you don't check the Coop's oil, the Coop then forgets it has got oil, and then the Coop's oil magically disappears increasing bhp?


laugh
Posted By: pinin_prestatyn

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 04/11/2019 08:38

I propose a public birching. Where’s Adam when you need him?
Posted By: came2dance

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 04/11/2019 13:34

How do you check the oil!?
Posted By: Edinburgh

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 04/11/2019 14:09

Originally Posted by came2dance
How do you check the oil!?


Do you expect a black-and-white answer to that?
Posted By: Master_Mariner

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 04/11/2019 14:45

Originally Posted by came2dance
How do you check the oil!?



Tails of the Coupe Dipstick would fill this forum!

I checked mine just sunday afternoon after giving the coop a good hoover, wash and polish....now I am thinking I better check her again!!

Lol

MM
Posted By: Morrison

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 07/11/2019 14:04

I checked, it was fine. Needed coolant though. I consider myself told and ill be more regular in my oil checking teacher
Posted By: Edinburgh

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 07/11/2019 14:26

Maybe an app could be invented for this
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 07/11/2019 15:58

Originally Posted by Master_Mariner
Originally Posted by came2dance
How do you check the oil!?



Tails of the Coupe Dipstick would fill this forum!

I checked mine just sunday afternoon after giving the coop a good hoover, wash and polish....now I am thinking I better check her again!!

Lol

MM


Our daily runner(mini) has an even worse dipstick reader. I managed to overfill the engine oil once, driving was interesting with a oil smoke cloud so dense I couldn’t see out of the rear view mirror. Greta Thunberg would have told me off proper!
Posted By: respace

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 07/11/2019 17:35

I'm amazed at the differences in oil consumption, my 16vt never needed oil between services (doesn't mean I didn't check it though!), my colleagues Audi TT was always needing top ups despite being much newer and less miles. I've got a VW T5 that never makes it to a service without a top up, maybe a VAG thing.
Posted By: JKD

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 07/11/2019 22:15

Originally Posted by Edinburgh
Maybe an app could be invented for this


That would be quite helpful actually.

Because I once put in what I thought was Olivio Oil. When I checked it a few weeks later, even though I hadn't driven much, the dipstick was all Crisp 'n Dry.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DgDcIKs6cHo
Posted By: Gripped

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 11/01/2020 17:20

Ho ho ho. And it's not even Christmas any more. wink

I have heard VAG engines use oil, though probably the petrols as our Leon TDi didn't use any. I've heard the Golf Gti engine uses a fair bit.
Posted By: barnacle

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 11/01/2020 18:31

Anita's Leon 1.8T doesn't seem to. I suppose I should check it, one of these years...
Posted By: Gripped

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 11/01/2020 19:32

We had a 1.8T Leon too. Cracking car. I don't remember it using oil either. Liked to blow coil packs mind. Dodgy batch.
Posted By: pinin_prestatyn

Re: I haven't checked my oil - 12/01/2020 00:16

Originally Posted by Gripped
Ho ho ho. And it's not even Christmas any more. wink

I have heard VAG engines use oil, though probably the petrols as our Leon TDi didn't use any. I've heard the Golf Gti engine uses a fair bit.



My Mk5 GTI uses half a litre every 1500 miles or so. Exactly the same as my coop did. What it doesn’t do is plume smoke at the lights despite running no cat, which is nice. That was always a little embarrassing in all the 20VT’s I owned, but it was a quirk I put up with. I’d pretend I was bond and using a smoke screen laugh
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