Engine Oil Disappearing- VW say cant find a fault- advice please

[rich83]

5L in a year is not an astronomical amount. A Mazda RX8 would chew about 20 litres in that time (at least)

[heavyd]

Its when you use half a dipstick every 200 miles like mine did, that you need to worry

[gazon69]

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Its when you use half a dipstick every 200 miles like mine did, that you need to worry

[Saintsteve]

Its when you use half a dipstick every 200 miles like mine did, that you need to worry

That's about 2.5 litres every thousand miles... Still within VW's tollerences.

Are u sure you really needed a rebuild 

[parks]

Ive a litre bottle of oil I keep in the boot which I top up from a 4 litre in the house. Mine likes a drink now and then.

[heavyd]

Its when you use half a dipstick every 200 miles like mine did, that you need to worry

That's about 2.5 litres every thousand miles... Still within VW's tollerences.

Are u sure you really needed a rebuild  

It was nearly a full top up bottle a week at the end. I used up 2 full 4ltr bottles of castrol edge in about 3 months. Didn't use a drop the first 9 months I owned it.
I haven't used a drop since its been fixed either

[edd666999]

I take it you mean 6000 miles?

 

You would hope so! but no.

[martziniuk]

Its when you use half a dipstick every 200 miles like mine did, that you need to worry

Did you ever find out why it was using so much oil, was it rings or stem seals etc?

[stealthwolf]

For the first 10k of its life, my car used a litre. Since then it's needed around a litre over the last 30k miles.

[GrayMK5GTI]

Mine gets through about 1litre every 2000 miles. 

[micky 32]

Be interesting to know why some cars use oil and others don't. Mine goes from the max to min mark in 1700 ish miles.

[Andy]

and they say the tdi's are oil burners

[182_blue]

I think it varies engine to engine. Mine uses hardly any oil whatsoever but heard others use quite a bit. Keep ontop of consumption & change the grade of oil if neccesary

Same here... mine uses about a 1litre of top up per service(8000miles)... Not like the BMW's ive had which is more like a 1litre every1-2k miles...

My edition 30 never needed topping up and the R is the same.

[edd666999]

Could be related to oil used? Journey type? Driving styles?

I know mine uses significantly more oil when i have ignored the fuel bill.

[Saintsteve]

Could be related to oil used? Journey type? Driving styles?

I know mine uses significantly more oil when i have ignored the fuel bill.

I think it varies engine to engine. Mine uses hardly any oil whatsoever but heard others use quite a bit. Keep ontop of consumption & change the grade of oil if neccesary

Same here... mine uses about a 1litre of top up per service(8000miles)... Not like the BMW's ive had which is more like a 1litre every1-2k miles...

My edition 30 never needed topping up and the R is the same.

There's the answer from both angles. don't drive it, it won't use any, but if you are more enthusiastic with the throttle, it will use oil to some extent