Popped up to see her today after all. I went with her to her local indie and the conclusion was that it's burning oil.
It turms out the car has more like 95k but it is in nice nick for an 07.
He said the cure would most likely be a recon engine, and you'd do the clutch at the same time as you're there. That's an expense too far really on a car which is only worth about £1200 at best.
He suggested some oil additive which should re-energise the seals and may keep it running for a few months - he claimed to know someone who used this about 2 years ago and the car is still running. So we stuck £6 worth in and I'll come back with what happens.
(She is quite capable of topping up the oil and is carrying the right oil in the boot - but he suggested trying a 10/40 next rather than 10/30 as it's gloopier)
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