My car (see left) 4 weeks old. 731 miles on the clock, oil halfway down the dipstick!

Service every 30 000 km, 2.0 crd 140 hp DSG 4WD, and no, I haven`t put any extra oil so far (now 108 000 km). And why on earth would I check the oil level, when the car does the job for me ?

Oil-thirsty are only 1,8TSI IMHO.

By the way, out of 6 plants where 1,8 tsi engines are produced, all are outside Germany. 2 plants are in China. But the thirst, I believe, is not for poor production quality, but rather design.

Edited 15 August, 201213 yr by ste2000

Hi!

No oil consumtion that I noticed. Check it know and then. But the oil stick with that plastic knob at the en does NOT impress me. I find it somewhat scary, Will it fall of next time? :peek:

/Superbjoser

I have the 1.8TSI Superb Elegance DSG Estate and I've had to feed it about 5L oil within the first 28,000 miles so far which seems OK to me.  However, my old Volvo S60 2.4 Turbo didn't need a single drop between 12,000 mile service intervals as the dipstick reading didn't budge at all..

 

One thing I have noticed recently is that my average full consumption has gone up from 34.7mpg to 38.3mpg when moving from Esso standard to Supreme unleaded.  I've tried this test twice and it's very consistent.  My commute is "combined" where it's country lanes, 50-60mph on M3, a very busy M25 and then quiet B roads.  IMHO... 97RON is worth the extra.

 

For those of you that get a bulb failure warning when bulb still works, just remove the bulbs, clean contacts with alcohol and re-install.

Hi!

 

As an answer to the original thought ... Yes, a litre of oil could be acceptable with 10000+ miles in my book. What I personally have harder to accept is VW Group's statement that their buyers should accept up to, as said in the manual, 0.5 litres per 1000 km's. That is ridiculous as we now say 2013 ... but according to several colleagues of mine it could very well be the reality, or close enough, when driving VW's, Skoda's and Audi's ...

 

I am monitoring mine closely as it is a new engine but so far it looks acceptable ...

 

Have a nice evening!

Hi, I have now followed my car for almost 3000 km's since new and even though the manual say that a higher oil consumption is to be expected the first 5000 km's my 1.8 TSI is still within the "A" range on the dipstick.

 

 

I wonder how much this differ from engine model to model and/or the driving conditions?

Mine has done 6,500 since new and no oil needed. The one thing I don't understand is the instructions in the manual....top up in 1/2 litre amounts. But nowhere does it tell you if you are in section B or C on the dipstick exactly how much is needed to bring it up to the correct level.

 

Cars I have had in the past usually say something like from the low to high setting is 1 litre, but with Skoda it is guesswork.

Mine did not not require any top up before the first service at 18500 miles (at nearly 18 months old). I could not even see any variation on the dip stick either.

 

See how it goes on the next 18500 miles.

Mine at the moment is using around 1.5 per 10K, that's down from 3ltrs over 10K since I changed the turbo, hopefully that will decrease, but I do tend to leave the engine idling while on the rank to keep warm so I just wonder if by doing so oil is getting burnt off

Hi Skippy, was going to ask you on the rank how your Superb was going.

 

My Passat TDI 170 PD DPF did like a drop of oil and finally gave up the ghost after possible water ingress at 144k miles.

 

I am hoping the Superb will be better.  It will be used as a taxi, same as Skippy's!

Hasn't used a drop in 35,000 miles.

My CR170 doesn't use a drop. Done 21k now (had 1 service).