Afternoon all

Had a bit of a surprise yesterday afternoon when I got a check oil level warning on the car. Pulled the stick a few times and, although not an entirely clear measure as the engine had already started, it seemed really low (at the minimum level).

Drove to Halfords to get oil and ended up sticking a litre into it - half a litre yesterday afternoon and the rest this morning after a cold dipstick read (which got it properly back into the safe zone).

Admittedly I haven’t checked the oil level for a few months (unusual for me but my usually fortnightly checks on the car have fallen victim to a lack of time lately), but in 10 months and 7,000 miles of driving, this seems like a lot of oil consumption. This this normal for this engine?

My 1.2TSI Rapid didn’t seem to consume any oil at all in the 8+ years I had it.

The Superb is a 2023 model, I bought it in late May 2024 with just over 5,000 on the clock. It was fully serviced by the main dealer I bought it from and had an oil change. I’ve done 7,000 in it since then.

Thanks

Chris

Oil required in 7,000 miles would not be an issue.

1 litres is not an excessive amount required

Do you know the oil was in area A of the Dipstick when the Oil was at Operating Temperature, parked on the flat and after a few minutes of stopping the engine after the last Oil Service?

& was it 7,000 miles ago?

If it starts off with the engine oil a little low after a service it is worked a bit harder.

The 1.5 TSI ACT i assume is using VW508 00 / 509 00 so 0w 20 FS IV, so different from the 5w 30 FS III the Rapid used, or not as the case was.

BE SURE NOW YOU KNOW WHERE THE OIL IS TO CHECK AS YOU SHOULD ONCE UP TO THE NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE, to see if there is a difference, and so you can then know where it should be when checked cold.

Edited 23 March, 20251 yr by Ootohere

So the last dipstick check I did (warm) was somewhere between two and three months ago - can’t be exact. Oil was comfortably in the B range. Couldn’t tell you for certain the last time it was still in A - somewhere between the last time it was serviced and the last time I checked the stick.

Yes, the Superb is on 0w-20 VW 508/509 spec. My Rapid 1.2 TSI used 5w-30 VW 504/507 Spec, as does my current Fabia Combi 1.2 HTP.

Just been back out - car is still operating temp warm having only got home a few mins ago, so it’s had a chance to settle on level ground. Dipstick check is good - back into the low end of A/top end of B:

Will do another cold check later this evening as well for comparison, and will top up some more if needed.

But good to know the car consumes oil at a fair rate. As I said, coming from my last three cars - two of which were/are Skodas - that didn’t/don’t go through oil at anywhere near this level, this caught me off guard.

At the very least it’s a wake-up call to get back into my fortnightly routine of checking fluids on the car again.