My focus is just about to hit 150k and the engine still sounds great, no oil leaks. I've heard of these cars making it to 200k if they're well looked-after. As for the door locks, on the other hand...

Perhaps better to add to this thread rather than start a new one.....

Over the last 18 months or so, I've noticed a steady increase in oil consumption for my wife's 1.6 petrol Focus hatchback - it's a Sept 2002 model, now on just over 86k miles. A few weeks ago, I had to put a whole litre of oil in and I've just had to top up with another 400ml after only 400 miles - the problem appears to be worsening at 1 litre oil per 1000 miles. Until the Focus reached about 60k miles, like my old Mondeo, it didn't need any oil between services.

The car has been regularly serviced. I have been using branded oil of the correct spec and there doesn't appear to have been any change in the car's performance. There is no significant smoke from the exhaust.

Has anyone any ideas before I take it to my (independent and reliable) garage? I have to say that, until this started happening, I thought the car was perfect!

Many thanks Waino

Edited by Waino on 25/07/2011 at 16:27

Thanks for the comment, davmal, I'll take it over tomorrow and get the test organised, Let's hope it's the cheaper of the possibilities.

I'll let you know what happens.

Waino

Just to bring this up to date...

The Focus went in last week for its annual service and, to my relief, the compression test indicated that the bores were not the cause of the oil consumption.

They changed the pcv valve - something that I knew nothing about, so I looked it up on the net. Apparently, a blocked psv valve can cause a range of symptoms including an erratic idle - which is something alse that I had noticed but forgotten to report before the service. I was surprised to read the suggestion that the psv valve should be changed at between 20k and 50k mile intervals - and I'd never heard of it! Ah, well!

I can already report that the idling speed has settled down so I'll be monitoring the oil level with great interest.