Hi there all.

I have a new RS Wagon/Estate, which appears to be having excessive oil use. After 10 days the oil light came on and I had to have it towed back to the dealer, where they announced the car only had about a litre ini. They filled it up and told me thatthe difference between minimum and the max line is about half a litre. Does this sound right? I checked it today and it is at the midway point. Seeing they have told me they have filled it to the max line I didn't expect to see such a large reduction. I've had the car 3 weeks last friday and have done 2300 kms since. Due for the 3000km serivece after the holiday break. They have told me at the dealer they will do a consumption test on it when they do the 3000 km check, is this just pulling out the dip stick or something else? Any insight to my issue would be appreciated.

Merry Christmas

If you've got the tfsi motor max to min is 1litre I think.Your oil consumption is indeed excessive unless you're dragracing all day long.I use valvoline xl3 5w30 motor oil and my car consumes about half a litre every 3000kilometres under greek summer temperatures.

The 2.0T drinks oil I'm afraid. Always pays to keep a litre bottle in the boot.

I don't reckon mine will need an oil change at first service as none of the original oil is left in it

PS Merry Christmas!!

Mine used about 2 litres of oil between services.

Mine used about 2 litres of oil between services.

Seeing as the 1.8 is based on the 2.0, wonder if it will have the same thirst :confused:

When I say 2 litres, I was under the impression from min to max was 1 litre. Obviously after the service it was at max, it then went to min so I topped up with just under 1 litre and then when it was time for service again it was back down to Min.

My diesel initially used lots of oil, but now on 40K miles it hardly uses any. As the mileage increases, oil usage generally drops.

My diesel initially used lots of oil, but now on 40K miles it hardly uses any. As the mileage increases, oil usage generally drops.

I suppose that would make sense as there is less friction between the moving parts of the engine....?

My car is getting worse, just been through 0.5 l in the last 600 miles. Only has 47000 miles on it.

My car uses no oil between services, and nor did my 18T

previously. I guess it all depends on how it was run in.....

My 1.8t used very little oil too, so I don't think it is to do with running in.

I wonder if it something to do with age, do the early cars use more then the later cars because build the later ones better, i.e. have they improved the tolerances.

Oil consuption on new engines is nearly always due to the cylinder honing allowing oil past the rings.

Another reason is that the oil is too high a grade so is stopping the rings seating tight to the cylinder walls, which in turn causes oil glazing as the oil burns onto the cylinder wall.

Once glazed an engine will be short of power and will consume oil.

Try running the engine in on a lower spec oil and giving it some real beans at full load up a steep hill. This is full power, not high revs.

This will create greater cylinder pressure which will press the rings out harder against the cylinder walls whilst creating more heat and should remove the glazing.

Personally I would run any engine in using this technique right from the start.

If this doesn't work change the oil for something crappy for a few hundred miles, that should fix it.

The oil consumption should reduce as mileage increases but some 1.8T engines never slowed down.