i didnt see any smoke ever till the de cat that just unveiled it i think tbh i wish i had just gone for a sports cat but hey lesson learnt (not due to smoking due to sound and petrol increase)

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might me whys its like intermitant smoking


stores in up in the cat then chucks it out when you boot it

was thinking about a de-cat, but i can see some smoke already :o

nah x20xev mine is smoking just on idle then clears none when reving not even hard but its still under what the book says it can use but the amount of times i hear from people that theres is using oil and they are most of the engines tbh even gsis

i only started actually seeing it though after my de cat

[Edited on 20-02-2008 by carnuts]

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Originally posted by carnuts
yeah and half of the astra mk4s mate i got same problem with mine burning oil not alot but a bit but then its in the limits of what they say it can

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fecking vauxhalls :lol:

yeah and half of the astra mk4s mate i got same problem with mine burning oil not alot but a bit but then its in the limits of what they say it can

just looked in my hand book and it is indeed the same for the x16xe :lol:

I suppose if you set expectations really low then it is kind of hard to dissapoint! :lol:

:lol: they didnt hold out much hope for these engines did they :lol:

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Originally posted by gavin18787
Anyone got a link to the vaux document that says that? Seems alot :!


Was thinking of trying some 20/50, whats the differece between using mineral and semi synthetic? One just last longer before needing a change etc?

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I am thinking of trying this atm http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_253933_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_77303_crumb_33958-31345-53252_parentcategoryrn_77303


however once the car is warm it wont be anythicker. cant seem to find anything like 15 - 50 or 20 that isnt a mineral oil :boggle:

Anyone got a link to the vaux document that says that? Seems alot :!


Was thinking of trying some 20/50, whats the differece between using mineral and semi synthetic? One just last longer before needing a change etc?

What do you call 'using a bit of oil' as I know the C16XE is classed as normal if using 1 litre per thousand miles according to Vauxhall, so I see little reason why an engine which is essentially similar (stroke/bore) should be any different.

Is it only blowing out of the exhaust due to rings/stems? Are you losing any through leaks?

I used to run my old C16XE high miler Corsa GSI on cheap crap mineral oil that was 20/50, no adverse affects.

For details on the differences type 'oilman' into google (or on here?) as he does some fantastic posts regarding oil and how it operates.

Looking for some oil for my x16xe engined corsa. It is currently running 10 - 40 semi synthetic oil.


However it is using a bit of oil so I was thinking of trying a slightly thicker one. As the haynes manuel list oils from 10 - 40 to 20 - 50 as been suitible.


What would you choose?


Also whats the difference between synthetic, part synthetic and mineral? As the only thicker one I could see the other day was a mineral and assumed that it wasnt suitable :boggle:


Cheers Gavin