using oil.

[cuzmk5]

Hi all. how  much oil does your gti use? i heard people saying  1 ltr every 1000 mile.
friend of mine has just got 1 from the local steelers, he checked the oil the day after he got it and found it was on min.
he got the stealers to top it up. he just checked it the other day after doing 500 mile after the top up an found it was back on min. its a 55 plate done 30 000, ive told it to get it back to them as it shundnt be using that much.

[bacillus]

The fsi engine can use alot of oil!

Anything under 1 litre/600 miles is considered to be within normal VW limits.

[cuzmk5]

how many ltrs of oil does it hold from min to max on the dip stick?

[WILLZIE]

Mine used 1 litre of oil every 2 months, I think this was quite alot!, best advice I got was give it some good hard drives (Altho I'm a slow driver) to get oil into all the places where it doesn't normal get stretched to - This worked and now doesn't use much oil.
Give that ago as the GTi is a real drivers car, rather than the dealer thrashing it.

[Hurdy]

I change the oil every 5k miles and have only once in two years had to top up with about 1/2 litre of oil. Now at 17k miles.

[Moschops]

I too change the oil in any of my cars every 5k, at present have not had to top the ED30 up..

[Rich]

What oil do you use / recommended by VW ???

I have the 1.4 TSi - ive done 4k miles since having it... i might top it up...

[cuzmk5]

ive got a 170 tdi done bout 2k since last service hasnt used any oil at all.

[Moschops]

I'm currently using the VW recommended Castrol Fully synth in the R and the ED30 and Mobil 1 in the wifes Polo

[snapey]

Every month or so I'll give it a bit of a top up, have to say though it's worse than my old derv for drinking the stuff 

[NEWEY]

mine uses about 1L every 8000 miles

[stealthwolf]

I've had to use one litre in 10k miles.

[182_blue]

Never needed to touch mine

[matty_jetta]

Mine uses a bit but not too much, think im on my 2nd litre in about 8k.

I think it uses more on cold starts and short runs

[Teutonic_Tamer]

how many ltrs of oil does it hold from min to max on the dip stick?

There is an 'industry standard' for european and jap cars that from min to max should take exactly one litre.  Yankie cars are one quart.

However, never, EVER let your car go down to the minium - because specifically on the GTI - the total sump capacity is 4.6 litres, so by letting the oil level drop to the min, you have basically just lost 20 percent of you lubrication abilities!