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Offline Johnboy2110

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Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« on: December 23, 2011, 11:22:24 am »
What could be the course of my mk5 gti burning alot of oil any ideas????

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2011, 11:25:18 am »
Turbo (you would see smoke i.e blue/exhaust)
Piston rings (compression test to see, again smoke out of exhaust.)
Valve stem seals

or a possible leak somewhere.
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2011, 11:26:41 am »
What sort of consumption are you experiencing?

VW class up to 1 litre/600miles as within spec... 
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2011, 12:51:10 pm »
Well id say more than 1ltr/600 mile, but it is stage 2 mapped, just seems to be black smoking alot more recently!

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2011, 12:56:32 pm »
Well id say more than 1ltr/600 mile, but it is stage 2 mapped, just seems to be black smoking alot more recently!
i would get it checked out asap

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2011, 01:01:03 pm »
mine uses about a litre every 2000ish miles, i thought that was quite a lot  :sad1:
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2011, 01:22:39 pm »
Turbo (you would see smoke i.e blue/exhaust)
Piston rings (compression test to see, again smoke out of exhaust.)
Valve stem seals

or a possible leak somewhere.

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Well id say more than 1ltr/600 mile, but it is stage 2 mapped, just seems to be black smoking alot more recently!

Black smoke is unburnt fuel (over-fuelling) , blue smoke is oil burning  :happy2:
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2011, 02:08:56 pm »
What sort of consumption are you experiencing?

VW class up to 1 litre/600miles as within spec...  

Interesting...  :happy2: I'm probably just below that, but it feels a lot, especially when the oil is £45 for 4L.
I thought mine had a problematic hunger for oil, but after standard checks and no bad reports in VCDS, I've carried on and it runs sweetly as ever.

Apparently the new 1.4 TSI unit is even thirstier on oil, so perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky?  :stupid:
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 02:21:12 pm »
Ok guys cheers for that, supose i need more checks doin! Racing a focus st the other day and engine managment light came on, then it started missing ans spluttering, took her to the garage got vagcom plugged in and it turns out i needed a new coilpack on cylinder 4, after doin that started her back up and it burnt a spark plug out. Put 4 new plugs in and it seems to be running fine now, apart from the smoke!!!

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2011, 02:36:47 pm »
How many miles has it covered ? and have you noticed the oil consumption has increased since the stage 2 map ?what map is it running

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2011, 03:47:09 pm »
£45 for 4L is well overpriced

20L of Longlife 3 VW certified oil is only £57 from VW TPS!
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2011, 04:28:33 pm »
47000, and its revo map, loud tapping noise now aswell!! Not good.

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2011, 10:36:30 pm »
do a compression test next.
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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2011, 07:54:36 am »
What sort of consumption are you experiencing?

VW class up to 1 litre/600miles as within spec...  



Apparently the new 1.4 TSI unit is even thirstier on oil, so perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky?  :stupid:

VW say 1,000 miles to a litre I believe, the salesman likes to tell you that to get you off his back. My 1.4TSI in rocco doesn't use a drop and its done 47k!

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Re: Using alot of oil!!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2011, 07:55:40 am »
47000, and its revo map, loud tapping noise now aswell!! Not good.

Im with compression test as I would guess valves if she's getting tappy on the top.