If any of the above oil consumption I've so far in this topic was happening to me, I would be more than happy!

I have a 1.8TSI scout with 32,000km on the clock, bought new in Feb 2010, serviced it 90 days at 30,000km, service invoice states they added 5 liters of oil. This morning the "check oil level" message appeared. Ignored until i got to work 20Km down the road. Turned the engine off, checked the oil level after about 30mins, and not even a drop of oil was in the engine.

Any suggestions what might be causing this?

They charged you for 5 litres but only put 4 in?

They charged you for 5 litres but only put 4 in?

and by you saying that, your suggesting that the engine only takes up to 4 litres? It's going to be an interesting day tomorrow at skoda service!

Though need to check the manual make sure it states 4 litres.

thanx for the heads-up!

It should take around 4.5/4.6 max as mentioned above.

The 4.6 litres I quoted in post 22 above comes from ELSAWIN.

The 4.6 litres I quoted in post 22 above comes from ELSAWIN.

great so the the mechanics drink the rest 0.5/0.6 with their morning coffee. Though that's still a all of oil consumption for 2000kms in 90 days

Got a bit of a surprise yesterday. Checked oil level, engine cold and car on slight downward slope of my drive (maybe about 1 in 12). I always thought if front of car was pointing down, the oil level would seem higher than it actually was. Level was half way up the etched bit of the dip stick but as I was out of top-up I went over to Halfords (yeah, I know!) to buy a litre and check the oil properly, hot engine, few minutes to drain back, and on their dead flat front parking area. Oil level proved to be right up to top of correct bit of dipstick, so of course I added nothing. Shows how careful you need to be when you want to do an accurate check.

Inspired/worried by this thread and having put ~1500 miles on my car since purchase and having checked the oil level when I bought it used, I was relieved to find no obvious/significant oil usage, maybe a mm or so lower on the dipstick

Got a bit of a surprise yesterday. Checked oil level, engine cold and car on slight downward slope of my drive (maybe about 1 in 12). I always thought if front of car was pointing down, the oil level would seem higher than it actually was. Level was half way up the etched bit of the dip stick but as I was out of top-up I went over to Halfords (yeah, I know!) to buy a litre and check the oil properly, hot engine, few minutes to drain back, and on their dead flat front parking area. Oil level proved to be right up to top of correct bit of dipstick, so of course I added nothing. Shows how careful you need to be when you want to do an accurate check.

Hmmmm.... :think:

Now if you were a good boy and read your Briskoda you wouldn't get nasty surprises....

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Edited 3 January, 201313 yr by eccleshill

Maybe is depends a lot of how you drive it. I mostly poodle around like it was a Morris Minor. Not sure if I've ever taken it over 4500 revs, It just doesn't seem to need it.

Hmmmm.... :think:

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Yeah, I know! Previous comment (in link above) covered me checking oil on road outside my house. BUT the road is cambered, so, if I remember correctly, the left side of the car was "down". Maybe that produced an apparent low reading. Confirms what I said above - it seems very sensitive to position, ground has to be dead level.

Maybe is depends a lot of how you drive it. I mostly poodle around like it was a Morris Minor. Not sure if I've ever taken it over 4500 revs, It just doesn't seem to need it.

Doesn't need it but boy once it gets past 4000 revs it FLIES!

I give mine some beans quite regularly, OK, quite frequently and have done from new - still doesn't use excessive amounts of oil

Yeah, I know! Previous comment (in link above) covered me checking oil on road outside my house. BUT the road is cambered, so, if I remember correctly, the left side of the car was "down". Maybe that produced an apparent low reading. Confirms what I said above - it seems very sensitive to position, ground has to be dead level.

As I said in my post - I have never had a car as sensitive as this one and I wonder how much high consumption is in fact just inaccurate dipping followed by overfilling. Being off just a little off level makes 1 litre difference!

And have you noticed that when you do check it on the absolute level the oil line is at around 45 degrees across the dipstick?

As I said in my post - I have never had a car as sensitive as this one and I wonder how much high consumption is in fact just inaccurate dipping followed by overfilling. Being off just a little off level makes 1 litre difference!

And have you noticed that when you do check it on the absolute level the oil line is at around 45 degrees across the dipstick?

No, didn't notice that but I suppose if the stick goes into the block at an angle, and the oil obeys gravity and is horizontal, then you would get an angled line. But, as said, finding the oil was up to where the stick kind of kinks out of the measuring area was good enough for me to consider it was more or less at the same level as when it had its last service (which admittedly was only at the end of October 2012.)