I bought my 1999 S70 GLT in June, and got an oil change a few weeks later. I used the full synthetic since the car is turbo and has over 100kon it.I checked my oil recently and it was low. Since the oil change I drove 3000 miles. The car went through about a quart and a half of oil since the oil change. So, I was doing my brakes and I had the car up on a lift, I got underneath of it and started lookin around, I noticed there was oil pooled up on the bottom of what looks to me liket the turbo. My car has 110000 miles on it. I'm not an expert when it comes to cars, but I'm trying to learn and I want to do all the work myself. So far I've changed the brakes, I'm in the process of replacing my radiator because the expansion tank hose came off and with it came the fitting it was clamped onto so I'm unable to reclamp it down, and I'm trying to get my new serpentine belt on at the same time. I didn't realize how hard that belt would be either cause you can't even fit your whole hand down where the pulley's are. Anyways, if anyone could point me in the right direction on where to look or what to check to figure out why my car is consuming oil it would be much appreciated. And maybe a tip on getting that serpentine belt in and anything I might need to know about replacing my radiator.

 

1. All turbo's will seep some around the turbo. Clean everything and recheck.
2. Sometimes going from the wheel well or using a big screwdriver can help.
3. The intercooler comes out with the radiator. Also it all come out the bottom. I use wire ties to hold the condenser in place when I drop the rest out the bottom.

 

It all comes out the bottom? So, to do the radiator I'm going to have to lift the car up?

 

Yes you will.

 

sounds fun... I cant do any work on it until tomorrow, how long do you think it will take me to get it changed out? Are there any specific or special tools I might need to do it? Lucky for me the car is at the Hobby Shop, Military only,they provide tools and lifts for 6$ an hour. Im in Hawaii so labor rates out here are 100$ an hour. If I plug that hole where the hose came off would I be able to run the car long enough to move it onto a lift without doing any damage, would take me about a minute or 2.

 

Yes you will be safe.
Normal tools is all you will need.
Atleast a couple of hours to do it.

 

Well, just wanted to update, I got the Radiator in, got the belt on and changed my oil all within about 6 hours. The radiator was a bit of a challenge but if I had to do it again I think I could do it fairly quickly now that I've done it once. As for my oil leak, I'll worry about that later if it gets worse. Thanks tech for your advice.

 

Glad it went fairly easy. Keep up updated on the oil leak.