It won't stop it being a heavy drinker, but should at least make it last a while longer !

I would like to know whether this rate of oil consumption is typical of this engine. I can't really believe that every Mini owner (there are lots) has to add a litre every 1000 miles? If they don't, the ones that do must have engines which should have failed proper quality-control - or been cured under warranty. Typically the warranty terms permit excessive usage. My daughter has a Mini, and the dipstick design makes it difficult to read clearly.

After owning cars of various makes for about 50 years I can only remember two or three which used a lot of oil. Those few suffered from worn valve-stem or other seals, and of course it was nearly always cheaper just to add oil, rather than fix the seals.

Edited by Andrew-T on 06/08/2014 at 12:44

Thanks for the info. I do check oil weekly now and have found usage of about 1 litre every 100o miles approx. Have today spoken to a specalist engine tunning garage they confirmed this usage is normal for this type of turbo charged engine and the type of synthetic light oil used. I cannot afford to sell a car I just got even thou it has a PSA engine

top up using a good quality oil and also make sure the servicing is carried out on schedule using quality oils and filters.

This thing is using so much oil you could probably get away with just a filter change! ;-P