Hi Guys, a lot of you know my car as i bought it off of David Ward, very pleaased with the car! But i’m a little worried that it doesnt use any oil? I drive it very hard i have done track days and sprints in it and not a drop has been used! It is the 190 spec , dont know if that makes the problem worse? Every time i use it i check it but no change. Should i be worried , does anybody else have this situation. Please advise all
Many thanks Neil
Odd!
What do you mean by “I drive it very hard”?
How many miles have you done?
Ian
IDG the car has just clocked over 12000 miles. Driving the car hard means doing 250 miles at a track day with 4 tanks of fuel to go with it and coming 4 th at my last sprint
Neil
Driving the car hard prolly means >7000rpm a lot !!
If it ain’t using oil then it aint using oil… thats not a problem - what’d Dave say about oil consumption?
Is it Gunmetal? They’re splendid cars! That’ll probably be it!
Ian
8100 is better i find
Dave said it didnt use a drop all the time he owned it!
Does this mean my car isnt working as hard as everybody elses for some reason? average temp is 73. David had done a lot of mods to it to keep it cool etc.
Surely there has to be a reason!
No it is the best colour Laser Blue, IDG
That’s low for a 190 conversion, should be about 82.
It drops when you floor it (with the std thermo) to low 70s.
What engine has David sold it to you with?!
Ian
Surely there has to be a reason!
Sounds like something to be pleased about, to me, so why worry?
When you floor it ( all the time ) it dips into the mid to high 60’s.
So i shouldnt worry then?
8100 is better i find
Dave said it didnt use a drop all the time he owned it!
Does this mean my car isnt working as hard as everybody elses for some reason? average temp is 73. David had done a lot of mods to it to keep it cool etc.
Neil
If you really mean 73C ? then that’s too cold… your thermostat is stuck…
Its not stuck, if in a jam it goes up to 83 i think then the fans cut in i believe. It counts up from cold too.
its stuck…
LOL! Sweeping diagnosis from the Highlands!
Ian
ps. Not that I’m calling you wrong Rox.
cooling system doesn’t seem right, with that temp (depending on the oil grade) i doubt your oil thins enough to actually get used.
What oil grade is it?
counts up from cold ??? Thats not right
Phil, as you’re here (aren’t we all chaty tonight!), are we talking undue load on the engine if it doesn’t get hot enough?
Ian
LOL! Sweeping diagnosis from the Highlands!
Ian
LOL… Someone else from the sweeping up the leaves faction will be along soon to also tell us its stuck…
All temp stats count up from cold from what i have seen! the elise does too! Engine oil grade is 10w 60 racing oil as put in by Kelvdon Motorsport and Lotus Dealers. Is this not the stuff to use?
not really undue load, more of additional friction on the components holding the engine back from its full potential.
Yeah lots of people tonight, lots of posts