The focus itself is a wonderful car.

The one you bought, And the parts you put into it are garbage by the sounds of it.

See the other post in this forum : Focus Drinking Engine Oil

Posted 18 May 2011 - 10:16 AM

'Is it common for these engines to consume engine oil?'

YES! very

It's not just me. They are notorious for it.

You and one other poster having this issue does not make the issue 'notorious'. I bet I can find more posters on here that have NOT had the issue than have!

replaced my oil at 62.5k miles and oil filter...with millers oil. the level has not gone down...in fact on speaking with my dad his previous:

- Escort

- Orion

- Peugeot 106

- Nissan bluebird

- volvo 340

- renault 25

- now renault scenic

has never had to top the oil up...then again his orion he had to buy a new sump due to it falling off, as he calls it lol

10 year old cars are right dogs, hence garages sell for a few hundred just to get rid. i had one well 9 years old peugeot 307, never drank oil, but was a money pit...i rolled it...wrote it off...gone, now im saving money with my 4/5 year old focus.

in the end hubballi, you should of paid a few hundred and got the car or any car you are about to buy inspected by the AA or other body who will give you a full report. as for the cam belt thats a life lesson, myself as a rule of thumb i say "dont know history, full service and cam belt change asap" jee and a few others, can concur with me about this as the fuel filter issue throws up a right hissy fit, if it hasnt been replaced.

some owners are negligent on vehicle servicing (not saying you, but previous) and when things go wrong they do 2 things. 1) complain to the dealer saying its their fault. 2) come onto the forums and let loose about how pants the car is and how useless the dealer is.

See the other post in this forum : Focus Drinking Engine Oil

Posted 18 May 2011 - 10:16 AM

'Is it common for these engines to consume engine oil?'

YES! very

It's not just me. They are notorious for it.

Jeez your like a tungsten lamp with a broken filament

That engine like yours was probably in need of............oh to save me the job of wasting any more time on you, I'll quote from this thread Sluggish And Smoking 2001 1.6 Focus Zetec

Worse case scenario is that your piston rings on your engine may be knackered and need replacing

Anyway as you seem to put much store in one off anecdotes, I'll give you one:

When I bought my first Mk1 Focus back in March 2005 at six years old, a 1999 on a T plate, with 57k on the clock. I also bought 5 litres of FOMOCO [Ford Motor Company Oil] in case it needed topping up any time between it's annual service. Well I run it for 3 months short of four years before some Prat wrote it off in a head on collision, because they wanted to drive on our side of the road. That was in Dec 2008.

Anyway by then it had covered another 23,000 miles, and in all that time I had used less than half a litre of that oil the whole time I had it [and I always keep my oil on the maximum mark] Any ways I kept the oil because I have now got a Mk2 Focus, but come August 2010 I had not touched that oil since the Mk1 was written off. Then one day that August a young lad I know from down the street. He had stopped out side our house with his bonnet up on his not long ago purchased second hand Corsa [his first car] So I went over to him and asked what was wrong. He said the oil light had come on, and he had put a litre of oil in it from the garage, but it was still on. So seeing as that 4.5+ litres of oil I had had sitting on a shelf in my garage for five long years. Had a best used by August 2010 sticker on the container, I gave it to him and told him to monitor how much it was using. But also take it into his mates who does his car servicing for him.........Turns out it was knackered [ he had bought a pup ]and he now drives about in a firms van.

DEFO END OF

I can testify!!! I had a 2002 1.6 petrol Focus, drank oil like nobody's business, would use nearly 4 litres of oil a month, there was no pool of oil on the drive, didn't make sense.

...oh wait, I remember, turns out the oil filter was ancient and was practically porous, oil must have been pouring out when I was driving along. Changed it and the vanishing oil problem was gone.

I don't sign up to the fact they are "known as oil guzzlers".

My filter I changed.

hubballi, do you notice an abnormal amount of smoke when driving down the road?

No, there is no smoke. Sorry, I changed the air filter, not the oil. My mistake. Might book it in for a service.

ah fair enough i was going to suggest maybe the gasket or a seal is knackered and is leaking oil into the fuel/ignition system but as you say get it serviced and see what that is like.

All my petrol cars drank oil like nobody's business. I thought it was the norm to be honest. Fiat Uno, Ford Orion, Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Calibra, Nissan Primera, and lastly the Citroen Picasso all drank oil. At least a litre a month. Maybe i was unlucky but if i were to get another petrol car i bet that one will drink oil also. This diesel however has not touched the oil at all.

What oil would you suggest that will be best for this car, last longer ?

To be honest with the age of the car and by the amount it burns i would buy the cheapest oil possible.Most modern oils have additives in them which aid the engines surfaces to some degree.