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Offline Jules183

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Air conditioning/oil usage
« on: July 13, 2020, 11:04:54 am »
Hi, and thanks for accepting me to the forum.... I have a couple of questions, firstly Air Conditioning, we an have E Con button does that mean we have air con and if so what should it cost to have re gassed as if we have it, its rubbish .... we are about to take a drive to Spain and are slightly concerned as we also seem to be using a fare amount of oil approx 1 litre every 1200 miles the mechanic seems puzzled as there are no leaks any where we have the car regularly serviced

Any help would be  very much appreciated 
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Re: Air conditioning/oil usage
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2020, 10:37:37 pm »
I believe the earlier cars have the econ button which switches the ac off. AC is 'on'  by  default on those.

Ring around some local garages for quotes on AC regassing, even kwik fit are fairly competitive.

VW state a max of 1000km (621miles) per litre for oil consumption so yours is 'ok' keep an eye on it during your long trip!
« Last Edit: July 13, 2020, 10:49:24 pm by GVK »
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Re: Air conditioning/oil usage
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2020, 08:23:10 am »
Quote from: GVK on July 13, 2020, 10:37:37 pm
VW state a max of 1000km (621miles) per litre for oil consumption so yours is 'ok' keep an eye on it during your long trip!

That does sound pretty horrendous really when you stop to think about it. 621 miles is say 20 gallons of petrol at 30ish mpg. 1 litre of oil per 90 litres of fuel. 2 strokes typically run on 50:1 premix.
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Re: Air conditioning/oil usage
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2020, 08:17:20 pm »
I think for it to use that much it must smoke visibly.
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Re: Air conditioning/oil usage
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2020, 08:33:51 pm »
My rgv250 certainly did!
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Re: Air conditioning/oil usage
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2020, 09:58:07 am »
Has the oil consumption changed recently?
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