cabrioman 6 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 mite be a bit silly but ar the vr know for using a lot of oil done a service on mine about 1200 miles ago level was spot on gave it a bot full adn the oil light adn buzzer went checked the level adn it was barley on the dip stick ?????? i know ive got no oil leaks as no oil on drive or over engine ??!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 must be burning it if its not leakin mate could be valve stem seals or rings Link to post Share on other sites
Earwig 89 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 VR's are known to use a fair bit of oil but if yours has gone down that much in that time then something is burning it or leaking it somewhere. I top mine up every few months but only by 1/4 of a litre at the very most. It's always midway between minimum and Max.For your Buzzer to sound it's gone very low.I would have a good look around. Put some paper under the car at night and see if there are puddles in the morning, will give you a good idea of the area it's coming from.Car smoke atall to indicate it being burnt ?Mark. Link to post Share on other sites
vr6madmike 0 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 What type of oil is in it? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 What type of oil is in it? hopefully your using syntha silver and not syntha gold..pete Link to post Share on other sites
vr6madmike 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 or anything else! Mine used to use oil until I saw the light and put the decent stuff in, doesnt use a drop now. Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 nope i use the sliver stuff adn i cant see any smoke from the back ??? spoke to mater teck at work and they seam to think they do burn oil so not sure now see how it goes i guess and if it is some thing llike steam seal or ring them ill have to get my finger out and do it Link to post Share on other sites
Gibs20 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 It says in the manual about the oil, vr's do use quite a bit. I check mine everytime i wash the car...thats about every week haha. Better safe than sorry... Link to post Share on other sites
gav_113 0 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 mine uses a little think most do, wouldnt worry unless there is blue smoke pouring out the back.. drive it on.. Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 rite i found out where the oil is goin as i fitted my new exhaust main today, no.3 port had oil in it and all carboned up .... bugger .... so im takin it off the road over the winter to do new valve seals and get the head flowed and ported and new race cams ..... Link to post Share on other sites
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