Hello,

I've noticed I need to top up the oil on my 1.8 exec fairly often (at least 1.6 litres in 6 months) There are no visible leaks and no blue smoke, is this normal?

Thanks
Ian.

possibly worn valve stem seals

haha...your cars drunk!!

My bros car had a phase it went through (daewoo)...At 55k-60k it soaked up oil like a sponge...We sold it at 61k at an auction as we kinda predicted the engines soon to fall apart...

But remember it was a daewoo...

[quote="JohnLi"]Hello,

I've noticed I need to top up the oil on my 1.8 exec fairly often (at least 1.6 litres in 6 months) There are no visible leaks and no blue smoke, is this normal?

Thanks
Ian.[/quote]

Mine was drinking oil - it was leaking from the distributor gasket and onto the top pipe (Takes water from the head to the radiator, so quite important )which eventually perished, bulged and sprung a leak. Not obvious, so I thought I'd mention. It's also occured on other 323s.


Mark

my 1.8 exec does the same has done it for 7-8 months now its the same prob as mark said on mine i will get round to doin it soon but until then ill just keep cheking the oil!!!!
dan 1.8

Thanks All,

I'll check it out and let you know how I get on.

Ian.

When I had my cambelt done last year, the garage said the camshaft oil seals were gone, and replaced them, and that reduced my oil consumption quite a bit !

How hard is it to change the distributor gasget? i'm losing oil from there also


thanx

oops i meant "gasket"

Nope, no sign of a leak. I got it serviced and MOT's today as well and it sailed through so I guess I just need to keep topping it up.

Ian.

Soooo is it easy to change the distributor oil gasket? and is it called a distributor oil gasket?




Cheers

Distributor oil gasket ('O'ring) replacement:

http://www.club323f.com/club323f/forum/ ... hp4?t=2432

I've got some pics as well that I'll post there.


Mark

Thanks mark much appreciated