Sami Heikkinen

What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences, not
owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.

Regards, Sami

Steve West

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
<sami.p.heikkinen@poista.elisanet.fi> wrote:

>What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences, not
>owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>
>Regards, Sami
>
I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.

What oil do you use?

Richard Goulding

"Steve West" <whiteroseofyorkshire@postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
> <sami.p.heikkinen@poista.elisanet.fi> wrote:
>
> >What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
> >subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
> >every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
not
> >owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
> >
> >Regards, Sami
> >
> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>

I have a 2000 A4 2.8 and the oil consumption is 1 litre per 2000 miles also
and it now has 90,000 miles. The consumption has been the same since I got
it at 50,000 miles. I use Castrol SLX Longlife 2 on the variable servicing
regime which I think exaggerates the consumption. I think I will use a
different oil next service to see if it makes any difference.

Hope this helps

Richard

cp

>> >What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>> >subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>> >every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
> not
>> >owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>> >
>> >Regards, Sami
>> >
>> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
>> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>>
>
> I have a 2000 A4 2.8 and the oil consumption is 1 litre per 2000 miles also
> and it now has 90,000 miles. The consumption has been the same since I got
> it at 50,000 miles. I use Castrol SLX Longlife 2 on the variable servicing
> regime which I think exaggerates the consumption. I think I will use a
> different oil next service to see if it makes any difference.

Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?

cp

Sami Heikkinen

I am using Mobil 1 0W-40 SuperSyn (long-life oil)

Regards, Sami

"Steve West" <whiteroseofyorkshire@postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eft3i156b7mpbbga0bpblfvq50duinehpa@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
> <sami.p.heikkinen@poista.elisanet.fi> wrote:
>
>>What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>>subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>>every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
>>not
>>owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>>
>>Regards, Sami
>>
> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>
> What oil do you use?

Kyle Tucker

In article <iRvUe.167195$wr.17992@clgrps12>,
"cp" <asdf@asdf.com> writes:
>
> Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?

FWIW, my 2000 A4 1.8TQ; which now has 107K miles; has never burned any oil
between its 5K mile changes. Mobil-1 from new.

--
- Kyle

cp

>> Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?
>
> FWIW, my 2000 A4 1.8TQ; which now has 107K miles; has never burned any oil
> between its 5K mile changes. Mobil-1 from new.

So those cars are definitely not normal, lemons?

cp