I'm still sorting through my archives (switched from brochures to bulletins for a change of pace , brochures are painful and there's still 50 or so to go ) and found an interesting Service Letter ....

According to a service letter in April 1981 , what oil consumption did Leyland consider the upper end of normal for a 1275 Moke , they gave a figure per XXXX klm's for freeway conditions and a figure per XXXX Mixed driving conditions using 20W/50 oil .

Basically I'm talking the figures that would have to be exceded before they would even consider looking at it for warranty

No prize for getting it right , just a laugh basically . A scan of the relevent part of the service letter will be posted later tonight .

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1.5 litres.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Per how many kilometers and freeway or mixed conditions ?

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I reckon 2 litres per 5000km highway,
2 litres per 3000km mixed.

How close am i?

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68 Deluxe.... it's shiny..... I like shiny!!

1 litre per 1000 highway

750mls mixed

dosent sound right, iv read it before somwhere

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Back in 1964 BMC reckoned 1 pint (~600ml) per 400 miles was normal for a 1098...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Some guesses better than others so far .... I'll put the scan up after 6 pm , keep guessing .

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1 L/2000kms freeway....maybe...

For a mini I'd say less, but since it's a Moke, an 'Ag' vehicle, it goes through more.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

I'd say they are NOT wanting to to accept a warranty claim so make it ridiculous

Say 1 litre per 500Km highway and 1 litre per 100km mixed

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

They use more oil at higher revs, so 1litre per 1000kms hwy use & 500ml per 1000kms mixed round town use



Go on , Whack up the service letter, we got the same one years ago & i remember having a laugh about it then, still a good laugh now tho too

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Well , like I said , some were close , some weren't ....



Basically they say a new motor is allowed to use 1 ml of oil per klm in mixed driving and 1 1/2 ml of oil per klm at freeway speeds

I wonder if you could quote this to get an oil burner past a rego inspection

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Maybe it was par for the times, but it's no wonder Leyland went belly up really...

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Well, last year we drove Barney (1293A+ Moke motor) 2000Kms around Tassie, all told he only used about 500mL of 20W/50 Fuchs oilz.
Motor has done around 10,000 miles since rebuild I think.
I guess pistons and rings these days must be better than back then.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Woo hoo spot on guess!!!


Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

You only gave half the answer Doogie , you didn't say how many klm that was for so you only get half a point .


I'm just wondering , if it's acceptible for Leyland for a 1275 moke to use 1 1/2 ml of oil per klm , and a Clubman (can't find a Moke Californian off hand) was rated as using 7 litres per 100 klm . That means it uses 1 1/2 ml of oil to 70 ml of petrol per klm which relates as 46.666 (repeat , can't find the repeat symbol):1 (fuel:oil ratio) which isn't far off what a 2 stroke chain saw or garden trimmer's ratio I knew Mokes were commercial but I didn't think they were 2 stroke

You watch , my Moke won't start next time I try because of that

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