Shimmy1
Senior Member
1L every 100hrs is nothing to get to excited over.
Witter, thanks i will check into that, I usually add about 5 litres every 500 hours , any thoughts on whether that's normal?
I agree with Ben. Also, something to consider, does it use all 5 L in the last 200 hrs or does it spread it out over the whole interval? My Cat Challenger will use a gallon (4 L) in 50 hrs if you get over 200 hrs on an oil change. It will only use a ½ gallon in the first 200 hrs. Next point, are you waiting for the oil level to get to the add mark before adding? My Detroit will eat as much oil as you can feed it if you add oil when it's only down halfway, and it will get there in about a 1000 miles. Then, it takes it until about 8000 to get to the add mark. I never add oil until it gets to the add mark.