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How much oil do you use ??
« on: July 14, 2010, 04:08:04 pm »



So as you may have seen on my other thread I have the car today and installed sat nav !

decided to do a quick check over on the car while i was at it !

no bloo*y oil !!!

the oil was past minimum on the dip stick !

it was topped up to full in May ?

Do these car burn oil and if so at what rate ????

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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2010, 04:22:00 pm »
My edition never had any oil between services, but I think I have heard of some gti's using quite a bit of oil
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2010, 04:54:09 pm »
Quote from: 182_blue on July 14, 2010, 04:22:00 pm
My edition never had an oil between services, but I think I have heard of some gti's using quite a bit of oil

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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2010, 04:56:33 pm »
I generally havent had to use much over the past 6 months over 6,000 miles ive had the car although it did require a small top up, about half a litre.  
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2010, 05:06:42 pm »
I top mine up every now and again, check it every few weeks, but I do alot of miles.

Mine's an 06 with 93k on!
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2010, 05:15:36 pm »
1 litre per 10,000km is within the normal limit for this engine according to VW. For the first 10k or so, mine used over a litre of oil. Over the next 10k, barely half of that.
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2010, 05:16:03 pm »
Its the thirstyst car for oil I've ever had, a litre every 3-4 months / 3000 miles ish.  Apparantly 1L / 1000 km is classed as acceptible by VW ...
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2010, 05:18:43 pm »


1l per 1000 kms or 10000 kms ???
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2010, 05:27:58 pm »
Mine uses about 1.5 to 2 litres between services!!

Perfectly acceptable according to VW  :mad:

She doesnt leak it, but always give very healthy performance on the rollers so she's not down on power to make me worry.

Its about 0.75 of a litre from bottom level to max on the dipstick afaik

10,000 miles as i go by that and dont live in Europe.
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2010, 05:30:08 pm »



AAAHHHH !!!


0.75 explains it !

bl*ody hell i almost was going to top up with 4 litres in the morning !

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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2010, 05:33:19 pm »
Quote from: Britishlion on July 14, 2010, 05:30:08 pm



AAAHHHH !!!


0.75 explains it !

bl*ody hell i almost was going to top up with 4 litres in the morning !

 :fighting: :fighting:


Ive seen a muppet over fill a car with oil before it got 200m before it blew the piston rings, and a new engine was the cheapest option! id do it bit by bit and let it settle say 0.25 first and keep on going till the maximum, but remember it will take awhile to fully reach the sump.  :wink:
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2010, 05:35:33 pm »
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Can you see now why i am so chiuffed about fitting my RNS now!!!!



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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2010, 06:07:51 pm »
Quote from: stokeballoon on July 14, 2010, 04:54:09 pm
Quote from: 182_blue on July 14, 2010, 04:22:00 pm
My edition never had an oil between services, but I think I have heard of some gti's using quite a bit of oil

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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2010, 06:16:17 pm »
yeah, good work today can be a bit dauntingripping the dash to pieces. lol  i wouldn't worry about oil level its better to be on minimum than over filled, so personally add a little give it time to settle add a bit more. and if you have a clean dry funnel it will make it easier to avoid oil on the engine cover :happy2:
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Re: How much oil do you use ??
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2010, 06:37:06 pm »
Quote from: Britishlion on July 14, 2010, 05:18:43 pm
1l per 1000 kms or 10000 kms ???

1000km or 600 miles. It's a lot of oil!
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