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Welcome Zack, Sounds like its burning oil somewhere, piston rings, valve seals, turbo maybe. There's a reason you only paid £400 for it.

I do find the conclusions extremely useful when researching problems even if they've decided to do nothing and live with whatever problem they've got.

Thanks for trying to help Steve. Well when i replaced the battery in 2017 i read that it is normal practice to code the battery to the car but i didnt have any vcds or scanner to code it. Some guys said not to worry and that the car would work out it had a new battery so long as its identical. I didnt have any problems with the car for 4 year till i parked it up. So now i put another new Silver dynamic Varta in and assume itll be fine although if i do get my hands on an adequate scanner ill code it to the car. Better safe then sorry eh. re water in the car, well i havent felt the footwell carpets to know but i will check tomorrow and get back to you. i was really concerned with the water that built up in the section under the windscreen wiper assembly if there was any important wiring down there thats possibly ESP/ABS related or something else. its telling me code 04160 about the injectors but when revved there is no smoke or bad smells. Dont know if thats an inducator.. im really bad with electrics…im more an old pre ecu car mechanic guy haha… where is the ecu anyhow? Thanks again.

No probs, marked the reservoir water/coolant thing with a pen yesterday. have drove about 60 miles today, about 30 on the motorway. Checked my water/coolant levels tonight and no sign of it dropping at all. I know it’s only been one day, so I’ll keep checking through the week 👍🏻