Hi guys,

Since the oil warning lamp came on a couple of months ago on my petrol vrs (57 plate), I have been checking the oil levels and I have noticed that it is disappearing. I say that because I haven't seen any plume of blue smoke behind me nor is there any oil in the driveway, yet the oil levels were near the minimum level. I had the car serviced a couple of months ago and when I checked yesterday, the oil level was below the minimum level. The strange thing is it only took 2.5 litres to bring it above the maximum mark. 

 

Can anyone shed any light on this very confusing situation? 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated

Worrying that you put 2.5 litres in. From memory, my 07 TFSI used about 2-3 litres between services of about 12000 miles per annum. The fact that they use oil is well documented. However that seems excessive unless if you've only done a thousand or two since the last service. 

Just another great EA888 family engine, either 1.8TSI CDAA or 2.0TSI CCZA as VRS ... Just search this forum, lot of useful information here Same engine family EA888 under different engine codes fitted in Audi, VW, Seat and Skoda cars ...

 

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Edited 12 July, 20187 yr by rayx

07 vRS should  be ea113 BWA engine. Still i think they had ring production problems as well? 

 

2.5 litres is a worry. Either the engine was very, very low on oil. Top to bottom markers should be about a litre, or you have over filled.

 

If over filled, you should drain off excess. 1.5 litres excess wouldn't be good. 

Edited 12 July, 20187 yr by TheClient

Yes, BWA got problems too, but there oil control rings (their drainage holes) got not clogged with carbon, but were poorly grinded already when new ...

 

 

This might not to be everyone's liking, but I run Quantum Synta 10w40 in my remapped BWA TFSI estate and have been running it for the past 15k with no ill effects. I was also having really bad oil consumption, I was using Quantum Platinum 5w40 oil and replaced the breather filter but it was still using too much oil, was losing 1 litre every 500 miles!

 

I picked up 5 litres of 10w40 from TPS for something ridiculous like £12, so bought 4 cans of the stuff. I ran some engine oil flush through it, drained the oil, filled it up with 10w40 to flush out any remaining engine oil flush, drain again, replace the oil filter and re-filled with 10w40. I now stick to a 6k engine oil change and i find the engine is smoother (mines on 135k) and it uses 1 litre every 3-4k depending on how its driven.

 

Take it as you will, but i think this is a possible solution for those who can't afford an engine rebuild! 

Edited 13 July, 20187 yr by Kadaffi86

It wasn't losing it as though it was on the road causing a danger to other road users, you were using it and it was burned up or exiting the tail pipe.

 

If using a different oil is cheaper and helps make the vehicle usable then that is what many have to do.

VW Group never cared about the environment.

Well, no one can have anything against it, that means roughly 0,5litre per 1,5-2k miles, that is 3times better than the worst case VW accepts still as OK (0,5litre per 621miles).

If you do not live in extremely cold area, 10W-40 can not do anything bad to the engine, when you give it time after cold start

 

Yes, new "watery" oils are produced only because of emissions, I wonder how much will use new models of 0W-20 ...

Edited 13 July, 20187 yr by rayx

The cars are leaving the factories with VW508/509 so that VW Group have the WLTP figures they required.

 

Waiting to see how many Main Dealers are using VW508/509 at these vehicles services and what the Servicing Costs will increase to.

 

Crazy price of these Oils, much as Dealerships charge anyway really, nice mark ups.

On 13/07/2018 at 22:51, Offski said:

The cars are leaving the factories with VW508/509 so that VW Group have the WLTP figures they required.

 

Waiting to see how many Main Dealers are using VW508/509 at these vehicles services and what the Servicing Costs will increase to.

 

Didn't know they had that.  Thx for info.