200 series oil use
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 22:50
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Bucky (SA)
I am experiencing excessive oil usage from my new 200 series ( V8 2x turbo Diesel ) , this vehicle has only travelled 7500 km, Toyota have serviced vehicle recently, and advise to " keep an eye on it ".
" dip stick shows oil , only on the last 2 mm of stick, since last service. "
This to me is totally unsatisfactory. Is this an isolated problem to my vehicle, or have other readers experienced the same problem ( or know some one else with this problem.)
It would be interesting to know how many out there, I suspect it's more wide spread than my dealer is letting on.
Reply By: Member - Andrew (WA) - Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 23:01
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 23:01
Yes, common apparently. Check out the LCOOL
forum also for info.
Sorry, I have no details myself, just read about it.
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Reply By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 23:40
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 23:40
Apparently quite common in the new Cruiser desel V8's whilst the engine is new, it does stop pretty much overnight.
As mentioned above, go to lcool for better information.
Sounds to me like what my old uncle used to talk about. Back in his day cars had cast iron piston rings.
They'd apparently burn oil until the rings bedded in. They'd suddenly stop almost overnight and all would be good for the entire service life of the engine.
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Reply By: Member - Redbakk (WA) - Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 23:42
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 at 23:42
Our V8's at work did this......... but soon settled down where they are not using any now....I expect yours will be the same...it will settle.
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Reply By: Goona - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:27
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:27
Hi Bucky,
I have a VW golf that did exactly this. Oil Light actually came on and here I am wondering brand new car running out of oil. Took it back to to the dealer and they said this is common until they bed in. I had about 4500 klm when it came on. They topped it up and after the next oil change it never happened again.
Good luck
Goona
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Reply By: Boobook2 - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:00
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:00
Mine used more than I would like but not over the top for first 10000k, after 10000k it stoped using oil completely. Just done 20000. It used about 0.5l from 10000k
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Follow Up By: Members - Bow & Nan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:50
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:50
Mine has 20000k and still using oil
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Reply By: traveller2 - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:39
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:39
You probably need to drive it a bit harder to bed the rings in.
Years ago we had a fleet of light trucks, some were loaded and driven hard from day one, never used any oil and went
well. The ones that rarely carried any load and were driven gently always used oil and never performed as
well as the ones that had a harder life.
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Reply By: Best Off Road - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:13
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:13
Is
"They all do it"
or
Dealers stating "keep a close eye on the oil usage"
...really acceptable in an 80 to 90,000 dollar vehicle from a manufacturer who has built a reputation on reliability?
Disclaimer: I'm not a Nissan (or anything for that matter) man.
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Flywest - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 15:35
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 15:35
Short Answer Jim
"NO WAY In H3LL"
I was considering selling the F 250 for the new 200 series cruiser, but with everything I've read so far - I'm waiting a while until maybe a few of the bugs get ironed out in the next years models hopefully!
To be fair - even the F 250's which retail around the same $ bracket as the 200 series have their known faults.
Seems that all of this new technology is not without it's drawbacks.
Wait till you break down 1000 km's from the nearest dealer and need a lap top computer, specialist software and adapters to connect to your vehicles on board computer to diagonse the fault, before you even have half a clue to whats wrong.
It's getting to the point, you'd be better off with an old 80 series in good nick - to do the big lap around the block - because at least the outback mechanics have an idea how to fix them.
Cheers!
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Reply By: Diesel Power - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:36
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:36
Half the problem is probably due to being under light load the whole time. Put the thing to work like it was meant to! Dont leave it sitting idling for ages either - you will glaze the bores and turn it into an oil refinery!!
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Follow Up By: Members - Bow & Nan - Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:47
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:47
Mine has 20000k on the clock, 15000k towing a 3500kg caravan and I don't spare the horses.
Still using oil, the problem is not running with a light load.
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Follow Up By: Diesel Power - Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:53
Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:53
Perhaps its the oil you are using? What type grade etc?? Have you tried oil analysis to see if the oil is breaking down prematurely? Just some thoughts...
Cheers
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