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Roadrunner_1 · Jan 16th, 2008, 10:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by nickw (original)

Hi Roadrunner, thanks for the information. Does doing short journeys burn the oil faster than say doing longer journeys daily. You mention frothing, when I took the dipstick out there was a small amount of white substance and on the oil cap, is this becuase I do only small journeys. Is the oil filter changed on the service, I had the last service from the TLC carried out in october the car had done approx 40k.

Cheers
Nick

Hi Nick, Short or long journeys do not make much of a difference to oil consumptions. It is more the revs. Your car is more likely to burn oil if you are in the high rev range i.e over 5k rpm for a long period of time. You can always drain off some oil out of the sump if you are at all worried. Yes the oil filter is changed on the 10k approx service. Are you noticing any difference in the way the vehicle drives?

Jan 16th, 2008, 10:07 PM	#14
Roadrunner_1 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Local Time: 09:01 PM Posts: 63 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by nickw (original) Hi Roadrunner, thanks for the information. Does doing short journeys burn the oil faster than say doing longer journeys daily. You mention frothing, when I took the dipstick out there was a small amount of white substance and on the oil cap, is this becuase I do only small journeys. Is the oil filter changed on the service, I had the last service from the TLC carried out in october the car had done approx 40k. Cheers Nick Hi Nick, Short or long journeys do not make much of a difference to oil consumptions. It is more the revs. Your car is more likely to burn oil if you are in the high rev range i.e over 5k rpm for a long period of time. You can always drain off some oil out of the sump if you are at all worried. Yes the oil filter is changed on the 10k approx service. Are you noticing any difference in the way the vehicle drives?