Jeff1980

Hey guys just had my car in for a compression test and one of the cylinder number 2 it says is 35psi below the rest. Not good. They say they would have to take the engine out to have a look at a cost of a grand to investigate further. Is this a good price? Any ideas what it could be? Probably ringland failure?

Cool. Next time I will put fully synthetic in Cheers.

God that's not good. Don't fancy putting a new engine in mine. Hopefully it will get better. Like I say it's been okay in the last couple of months

Hey guys just had my car looked at today and they said everything looked and sounds okay. They couldn't do a compression test as they didn't have there gadget to do it but got it booked back in to test just to make sure everything is sound. The only thing is they put in millers trident 10w40 semi synthetic which they said they use all the time. Will this oil be okay?

Well roll on Friday so I can see what the guys say in revolution. Will keep everybody informed.

Nice touch with the xenon lights on your hatch Got me thinking I want some. Bet you miss it. Spoke to someone from opei oils and he recommended 5w 40 for the reason from start up i only do 2 miles to work he was a very helpful guy. But yeah I get where your coming from cause once the car is warm there is no smoke but yeah when cold starting in the morning you get a bit of smoke. Think I may phone him back and mention that good shout. Cheers lads only new on here but very helpful forum.

What model you driving like Jay?

Cheers lads got my car booked in at revolution this Friday hopefully they can sort the problem out. Was thinking about taking it up to see Andy forest for a remap like you say just for peace of mind so I can enjoy the car cause at the minute its Panic stations. Had a bit of smoke coming out of it this morning when I started it up but it's fine now been back out in it twice.

Hey guys. Don't think the car is mapped. Like I say it's stabilized in the last two months but I agree something ain't right. The car drives okay and don't notice any smoke just the tailpipes get black with oil after a week of cleaning. Anybody know a good specialist in Newcastle area I can maybe take too?

Don't notice any smoke only when I drive hard it blows out when I change gear. Plus only done about 4k in miles. Usage as in oil? At first I put in millers 5 30 but now got shell helix in 5 40.

Cheers. Yeah it don't sound normal. It's been okay the last month or two its sort of stabilized. Even at heavy driving it shouldn't burn this much.

I have had my impreza sti 330s hatchback for 7months now but it seems to be burning loads of oil. I have put in nearly 3 liters in this time to keep it topped up. Any ideas as if this is normal? Going to do an oil change soon and keep an eye on it with no hard driving.