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Originally Posted by Sotosound
My wife's car uses a litre every thousand miles, which is a lot, especially for a Volvo. I also understand in detail what the cause is but I don't quite understand why my higher mileage V70 doesn't have the problem unless too many short journeys and not enough long ones plays a part in the problem.
The problem is also fixable, but the remedy - a partial engine rebuild -isn't cheap. But, then again, paying the premium for, say, a D5 isn't a simple one-way street,with higher VED and ULEZ rearing their ugly heads.
If only....
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Not worth spending a ton of cash to avoid the odd top-up IMHO, even at that consumption. I don't suppose the performance or economy is at all affected? I thought the VEA D4 was a great engine and I definitely wouldn't have wanted to swap it for an older D5 model.
I take your point about the inconsistency. Odd that identical engines could age so differently.