high oil usage, any ideas?

[heavyd]

I've been going though a lot of oil lately, used a litre in 3 weeks,roughly 600miles. There isnt any leaks anywhere, but there are a lot of black dots on my rear bumper, any ideas? turbo seals?

[RacerMH]

I'm just guessing here, so don't get too panicked, but could be turbo seal on it's way out. Has the turbo got louder at all? Less serious alternatives could be something as simple as a leaking sump plug. Have a check underneath to see if you can see if there's any oil anywhere. Has the car been serviced recently?

[heavyd]

turbo isnt any louder, but there iasnt any traces of oil anywhere under the car at al

[martziniuk]

That is quite a lot, how many miles per litre were you geting before?

[bacillus]

That is quite a lot, how many miles per litre were you geting before?

Yeah but if he took it to VW they would probably say it's within their limits i.e. 600 miles/litre max

[heavyd]

Its still a bit worrying though!!

[edd666999]

Its still a bit worrying though!!

mine did this, after only topping it up to 1/2 way between 1/2 n max it stopped. ave a feeling it was burning it off.

[PDT]

Compression test would be a good start Dom. Not a Halfords £20 type tool, a leakdown test.

[gobbleplease]

My old gti munched a litre every 1000 miles, a few people on here had it worse,
saying that my new gti hasnt used any yet !

[heavyd]

I only filled it the day before the Rr day dave, went on hols for a week, checked it Friday and it was below minimum
Think I've got a wheelbearing on it's way out now aswell

[vRSAlex]

Does the car smoke slightly on idle?  Or on over run?

Most of the time its turbo, then stem seals, then rings.  Worth seeing how caked up the plugs are if at all.

[itismebigd]

Hi Heavyd, i agree with what your saying here,for a month or two there my gti has also been sore on oil too,took it to stealers and they inspected it and came back to say "it is within the normal  running perimmiters of the car" not quite sure what that means lol but there was no leaks so look forward to your out come for this post thanks Dougie

[martziniuk]

How much were you using before? If your running more boost you will use a little more oil but unless someone knows different I believe that's beyond VAG limits.

[heavyd]

Does the car smoke slightly on idle?  Or on over run?

Most of the time its turbo, then stem seals, then rings.  Worth seeing how caked up the plugs are if at all.

there isnt any smoke at all on idle, them when you drive, occasionally theres a large cloud
Plugs dont look very healthy IMO, but I'm no expert!
Could it be anything to do with the high boost at 3000rpm?
This is how bad the tailgate and bumper is

[swgti]

Yikes looks like most of it flying out the back of the exhaust then!