A Few problems today, help appreciated - oil usage - washer leak

[gobbleplease]

Well today i checked the oil level for the first time since i bought the car 6 months ago and it was sitting very low (in line with he minium level), so i went to halfords and bought some castrol edge, fully synthetic, long life, 5-30 oil and the car took about 1 liter and this is only with me using the car for around 2000 miles (short distances) mainly.
I find this quite worrying that the car uses this much oil as ive had some bangers in my time and ive never needed to top up oil before Is this a common characteristic of the gti or should i be worried. Also have i bought the correct oil, it said for Vag engines on the bottle and had vag standards on the lable 502 504 505 i think ?

Another problem is i went to fill up the washers today and it basically spat out he water i put in to it ! i was wondering if it is a bumber off job too get in to the washer tank and check for leaks at the hose connections ect, or if there was an easyer way to gain access

TA guys 

[Russ_leeds]

dont know about the washers mate, but i had to top my oil up the other day, and i too have only owned the car about 6 months

[gobbleplease]

whats your milage bud ?

short journeys too ?

[Russ_leeds]

40k mate yeah a few short journeys, mixture really. i dont think keeping the boot down helps

[gobbleplease]

Im 40k aswell, lets hope someone can shed some light on it   

[ub7rm]

I've found it a lot thirstier on oil than my old 1.8T.  Seems to be 'normal'.

[stealthwolf]

VW expect 1 litre per 1000 miles to be normal.

[gobbleplease]

VW expect 1 litre per 1000 miles to be normal.

thanks bud ! is that a statement VW have made ? thats quite alot

[winrya]

VW expect 1 litre per 1000 miles to be normal.

thanks bud ! is that a statement VW have made ? thats quite alot

It is indeed.  Dealers are advised to consider the above as normal, if it consumes anymore they will look into it

[Top Cat]

First off have you been on the moon for a couple of years, it is a well known fact that a lot of Mk5 GTI's use lots of oil there must be 20 threads on here discussing it. 
And more importantly how can you go 6 months without checking your oil.  Even if you didn't know about the Mk5 excessive usage 6 months without a simple dip is not good practise at all fella. 

Consider yourself told off. 

And the jets on your wipers may simply be blocked. 

[keith]

Its longlife III oil, you can use the Quantum stuff as its vag approved. dealer charged me £24 for 1 unit on a recent service robbin gits I bought 5L for £26 the week before to top it up, i was not impressed next time I putting the bottle on the seat for them and save my dosh.

[mk2mexico]

yep my 06 gti also uing about 1lt per 1000 miles???
and meyo around filler cap??

[Pummy]

yep my 06 gti also uing about 1lt per 1000 miles???
and meyo around filler cap??

Mayo does not sound healthy, for both types.

[Gene Hunt]

yep my 06 gti also uing about 1lt per 1000 miles???
and meyo around filler cap??

Mayo does not sound healthy, for both types.

.......might get a little in the very cold weather but not this time of year?.

[Boothy]

How much oil is there between the top and bottom marks on the dip stick? Does that make sense? 

Mine uses a fair bit but I'm curious as to how much the oil the car needs to loose before it drops from the top to the bottom mark on the dip stick?