2.2 D-CAT Oil Consumption

[Paulq]

I have had my 2.2 D-CAT Auto invincible for a few months now and on the whole I am really pleased with it.  I just have a question about whether this particular engine is prone to using a little bit of oil and whether having to top them up is normal?

The oil was last changed around 3500 miles ago and, remarkably, still looks pretty clean with only the bottom of the dipstick starting to look anything like black.  By far most of my mileage is motorways and I only use branded fuel so looks like a healthy engine from that perspective.

However, checking it again at the weekend the level has dropped by a tiny amount over that mileage - just wondered if this is to be expected? I am not at all concerned - just curious.

Thanks in advance.

[philip42h]

Mine does ... between 10k services the level will drop from around the max mark to one quarter / one third above the min mark so I've never had to top it up. Mr T suggested that this is what they were finding and thus it is normal.