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Excellent feedback from you all thanks very much.
I had of course read the manual but wanted the real low down from the coal face - so to speak.
I actually pretty much drive it as normally I would. (Which is like driving my old 85 county !). I am sure the new one can do more and over the next few weeks I am sure to find out !:)
Cheers
I might add that I ignored the handbook advice and drove mine normally including a long trip up the highway at more than 80 kmh :eek:.
Engine is fine and no oil appears to be used between services.
You may find initially that the engine will use some oil. I think I put in a 250ml top up on a long trip out west before the first service. Nothing added between services since.
The engine really starts to loosen up at about 20,000 km.
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Originally Posted by one_iota
Interesting. Mine has not consumed a single drop of oil, even when we did a 4000km trip with only 5000km on the clock.
The engine has started to loosen up on 14000km, and at first I thought there was something wrong because it sounds like there's a bag of nails rattling around in there. But the Technical Manager at the stealership commented that this is one of the smoothest Pumas he's driven :angel:
Like you Naks, my D90, from new to when it had its first service at 20k km, did not need any oil to be added.Quote:
Originally Posted by Naks
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KarlB
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Come on guys if it was a Toyota it would use four times that every tankfull of petrol. :p
No disagreement there. The small amount you put in your vehicle was still a bl@@dy good performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by one_iota
A few of us here had experienced this profligate oil consumption with the Puma (which is why I raised it). ;):D
I used to put in twice that much every 5000 km in the 300Tdi and that was after a rebuild.