9 weeks and 11500 miles in, just had to put 1ltr of (expensive!) oil in to bring the level back up (1.5 hybrid) mostly motorway miles and always allowed to warm up from new, anyone else needed to top up ? Not had to do it on any of the other new cars i’ve had over the last few years.

Me...4x4 2.0LT tdi....mostly motorway, 1 l every 7.000 kms....

@Ianhar Had you never checked the oil in 11,500 mile? Did you not check it from collecting it to see where the put the car out from the PDI as far as oil level? Many have had to top up long before the miles you have done. Maybe if you had earlier it would not have used so much oil.

Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by Evolution13

Checked the level on the digital readout on the screen yes, the car tells you when it needs some, just comparing this car to others ive had over the years, none of which have needed oil between services until the miles have got towards 100,000. As it will be being serviced every 18 weeks or so its regularly being changed anyway.

As all the owners manuals say for all VW group engines. ' may use more oil in the first 5,000 km'. This can be true with some engines, especially the 1.5 tsi,s. On this forum there have been reports of the models with Digital Checking and no dipstick showing 'Over filled warnings' and this is where the oil in the engine was from the factory or as it was at the PDI before hand over. The same potential Oil use warning has been given for decades now by VW Group.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Evolution13

I'd consider 1 litre of lube oil consumed in more than 11K miles a very reasonable usage rate.

Is this a diesel hybrid?

How much did you get 'stung' for the oil - consider buying the correct grade from a reputable online seller, in 5 or more litre quantities for topping-up between oil changes.

^^^ A 1.5TSI Hybrid. PS. recommended by VW / Skoda, VW508 00 / 509 00. So 0w20 FS IV.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Evolution13

Warrior193, no its petrol as above, the suitable oil was £22 for 1 ltr, thankfully its not really my problem as its a lease car, but while oil consumption was expected and acceptable when i was in the motor trade in the 70’s, it should not be these days, not with the materials and machine processes that modern engines are made with now, as i said in a previous post, lots of new vehicles over the years, petrol and diesel and this is the first one thats need oil between services.

That was a good £10 more than it is when already expensive at £12 a litre.

I consider it unrealistic to expect zero lube oil consumption in any engine, no matter what materials and tolerances are used.

I suspect an analysis taken of oil from an engine reportedly using absolutely zero oil would reveal that the fluid drained was in fact not 100% lubricating oil.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Warrior193
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@Ianhar You are doing lots of miles so is the car getting charged daily and running on electron and petrol. Do you start runs on petrol and save the battery for use later or how do you work it? Allowing it to warm up is maybe doing no favours as far as oil / petrol use compared to start it and go and do not boot it until engine oil temp is up a bit.