Hi,

my low level oil light has just come on my 2007 VRS TDI which i purchased new in March. i'v done 4,500 miles since then and i am surprized to see that i've potientially used so much oil in just 4,500 miles. is this to be expected? or is just one of the down sides to owning a VRS TDI?:confused:

would welcome feedback!

cheers

The TFIs certainly drink oil but not sure about the dervs. Probably worth keeping an eye on the dipstick in future though...

Diesels tend to use oil as they run in, probably up to about 10000 miles, after that it should get a lot better,

I agree. my 2.0TDI 140BHP seems to haved used a fair bit of oil until about 15K and now hardly uses any. This is why the manual states that the oil should be checked weekly and before a long journeys.

My 2.0 140 TDI has used 4x 1 litre tops ups in 22000 miles. Thats not far off 1 litre every 5000 miles so sounds about right to me.

The day I bought my Octy (Ex Demo) the oil light came on while I was driving home, at the time there was 6000 miles on the clock.

My 130 DTi superb drank a constant 1/2 litre every 5k miles from new.

At first service this reduced to almost nothing, so I suspect a slightly different oil was used.

Now it's back to the same 1/2 litre per 5k miles.

So don't worry, just enjoy