oil prob

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david

hi all

can anybody tell me if a vauxall astra 16V 1.6 uses oil every 1000 miles 1
litre

vauxall say yes it does consume every 1000 miles

dave
 
i've got the 2.0 DTI (Y20DTH) engine and it's the same...

i've read it's down to the bores being too shiny.
 
What age is the car?

In common with a lot of manufacturer's, Vauxhall say that anything upto
a litre per 1,000 miles is acceptable. It is not the norm though!

They are thirsty when new and older 8 valves can have problems.

If the car is in warranty or has a full Vauxhall service history your
dealer should be happy to talk about it with you.

Alan
 
My 97 Astra is also drinking too much oil, compared to my previous H-reg
Cavalier 1.8 8valve which didn't use any oil even after 165,000 miles.
I found this info on some website - talking about the Astra 91-98.

"Valves of 16vs may stick if run on cheap detergent-free petrol.
Unfortunately Vauxhall's cure for this seems to have been to ream out the
valve guides a bit too much with the result that many 16v 1.6s have become
oil burners"

So it looks like we're stuck with the problem.

Sam
 
Sam said:
My 97 Astra is also drinking too much oil, compared to my previous H-reg
Cavalier 1.8 8valve which didn't use any oil even after 165,000 miles.
I found this info on some website - talking about the Astra 91-98.

"Valves of 16vs may stick if run on cheap detergent-free petrol.
Unfortunately Vauxhall's cure for this seems to have been to ream out the
valve guides a bit too much with the result that many 16v 1.6s have become
oil burners"

So it looks like we're stuck with the problem.

Sam
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I simply can't believe it's an official Vauxhall procedure
to ream out valve guides.

This smacks of a cheap bodge-up job to allow dealers to make
inflated profit by not replacing the guides but charging for it.
Alternatively it's done at the request of the customer who
doesn't want to pay for the cost of replacement guides.



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