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2.0 FSI oil usage
How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through?
Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a service or is there likely to be something more sinister? Cheers, -- Chris |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
"CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... > How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? > > Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting > through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper > test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although > I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. > > So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a > service or is there likely to be something more sinister? > > Cheers, > -- > Chris 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
"CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... > How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? > > Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting > through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper > test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although > I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. > > So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a > service or is there likely to be something more sinister? > > Cheers, > -- > Chris 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
"CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... > How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? > > Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting > through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper > test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although > I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. > > So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a > service or is there likely to be something more sinister? > > Cheers, > -- > Chris 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
"CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... > How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? > > Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting > through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper > test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although > I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. > > So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a > service or is there likely to be something more sinister? > > Cheers, > -- > Chris 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
> "CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... >> How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? >> >> Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting >> through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper >> test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although >> I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. >> >> So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a >> service or is there likely to be something more sinister? >> > 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the > car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If > is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you > can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. I've noticed high oil consumption in my AUdi A3 turbo too. It has 8000 miles on it currently. At 4000 miles I had to top off the oil I got the 5000 maintenance service and I assume Audi left a full complement of oil Yet 3000 miles later I had to top it off again. Both times the oil level was low enough to trigger the "low oil pressure" warning. I've had many cars before, including an Audi A4. Until my new A3, I've seldom had to add oil between regular maintenance service and certainly not at 3000 miles. My driving habits have not changed in the past decade. Bill T |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
> "CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... >> How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? >> >> Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting >> through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper >> test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although >> I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. >> >> So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a >> service or is there likely to be something more sinister? >> > 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the > car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If > is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you > can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. I've noticed high oil consumption in my AUdi A3 turbo too. It has 8000 miles on it currently. At 4000 miles I had to top off the oil I got the 5000 maintenance service and I assume Audi left a full complement of oil Yet 3000 miles later I had to top it off again. Both times the oil level was low enough to trigger the "low oil pressure" warning. I've had many cars before, including an Audi A4. Until my new A3, I've seldom had to add oil between regular maintenance service and certainly not at 3000 miles. My driving habits have not changed in the past decade. Bill T |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
> "CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... >> How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? >> >> Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting >> through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper >> test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although >> I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. >> >> So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a >> service or is there likely to be something more sinister? >> > 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the > car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If > is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you > can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. I've noticed high oil consumption in my AUdi A3 turbo too. It has 8000 miles on it currently. At 4000 miles I had to top off the oil I got the 5000 maintenance service and I assume Audi left a full complement of oil Yet 3000 miles later I had to top it off again. Both times the oil level was low enough to trigger the "low oil pressure" warning. I've had many cars before, including an Audi A4. Until my new A3, I've seldom had to add oil between regular maintenance service and certainly not at 3000 miles. My driving habits have not changed in the past decade. Bill T |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
> "CT" <chris@sitelinecomputing.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4m4p9rF4h71mU1@individual.net... >> How much oil should a 2.0 FSI engine get through? >> >> Normal driving (commuting mainly) and (very approximately) it's getting >> through around 1L every 1000 miles, although I'm going to do a proper >> test on a longish trip next week. This seems excessive to me although >> I've been told by my tame mechanic that it isn't necessarily so. >> >> So, anyone else getting this and is it normal? Does it just need a >> service or is there likely to be something more sinister? >> > 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles has the > car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or break it in hard? If > is is still low mileage and you drove it gently in it's early days then you > can expect the oil consumption you are seeing. I've noticed high oil consumption in my AUdi A3 turbo too. It has 8000 miles on it currently. At 4000 miles I had to top off the oil I got the 5000 maintenance service and I assume Audi left a full complement of oil Yet 3000 miles later I had to top it off again. Both times the oil level was low enough to trigger the "low oil pressure" warning. I've had many cars before, including an Audi A4. Until my new A3, I've seldom had to add oil between regular maintenance service and certainly not at 3000 miles. My driving habits have not changed in the past decade. Bill T |
Re: 2.0 FSI oil usage
Bill T wrote:
> Westy wrote: > > > 1L per 1000 miles is within spec according to Audi. How many miles > > has the car got on it? Did you break the engine in gently or > > break it in hard? If is is still low mileage and you drove it > > gently in it's early days then you can expect the oil consumption > > you are seeing. It's done 12.5K, give or take a bit, of which I've done around 4200 (I got it in Dec '05 but it's a March '04 model). I haven't driven any differently to what I would normally and nothing was brought to my attention by the dealer when I picked it up. > I've noticed high oil consumption in my AUdi A3 turbo too. It has > 8000 miles on it currently. At 4000 miles I had to top off the oil > I got the 5000 maintenance service and I assume Audi left a full > complement of oil Yet 3000 miles later I had to top it off again. > Both times the oil level was low enough to trigger the "low oil > pressure" warning. More research (mainly 'net based) seems to show that this is not an isolated problem and definitely seems to be more common than I thought it would be. I guess that's why Audi put an oil carrier in the boot as standard. > I've had many cars before, including an Audi A4. Until my new A3, > I've seldom had to add oil between regular maintenance service and > certainly not at 3000 miles. My driving habits have not changed in > the past decade. Exactly, hence my original query. -- Chris |
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