oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
05-13-2007, 12:04 AM
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 10:38:25 -0400, Steve Thompson <smt@vgersoft.com>
wrote:
>On Sat, 12 May 2007, Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
>
>> There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>
>FWIW, I have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. Now at 95,000 miles; oil changed
>every 5,000 miles. I have never had to add oil between changes, not even
>when it was new.
I also have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. My experience is a long way
from yours: I carry a bottle of oil around with me, and expect to see
the warning light two or three times between services. (The dipstick
is so difficult to read as to be useless.) And, as I've already
mentioned, my brother-in-law's experience is worse. Clearly, there's
no consistency here. For no obvious reason, some of these cars use a
lot of oil, whilst others don't.
Peter.
wrote:
>On Sat, 12 May 2007, Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
>
>> There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>
>FWIW, I have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. Now at 95,000 miles; oil changed
>every 5,000 miles. I have never had to add oil between changes, not even
>when it was new.
I also have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. My experience is a long way
from yours: I carry a bottle of oil around with me, and expect to see
the warning light two or three times between services. (The dipstick
is so difficult to read as to be useless.) And, as I've already
mentioned, my brother-in-law's experience is worse. Clearly, there's
no consistency here. For no obvious reason, some of these cars use a
lot of oil, whilst others don't.
Peter.
05-13-2007, 12:04 AM
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 10:38:25 -0400, Steve Thompson <smt@vgersoft.com>
wrote:
>On Sat, 12 May 2007, Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
>
>> There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>
>FWIW, I have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. Now at 95,000 miles; oil changed
>every 5,000 miles. I have never had to add oil between changes, not even
>when it was new.
I also have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. My experience is a long way
from yours: I carry a bottle of oil around with me, and expect to see
the warning light two or three times between services. (The dipstick
is so difficult to read as to be useless.) And, as I've already
mentioned, my brother-in-law's experience is worse. Clearly, there's
no consistency here. For no obvious reason, some of these cars use a
lot of oil, whilst others don't.
Peter.
wrote:
>On Sat, 12 May 2007, Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
>
>> There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>
>FWIW, I have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. Now at 95,000 miles; oil changed
>every 5,000 miles. I have never had to add oil between changes, not even
>when it was new.
I also have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. My experience is a long way
from yours: I carry a bottle of oil around with me, and expect to see
the warning light two or three times between services. (The dipstick
is so difficult to read as to be useless.) And, as I've already
mentioned, my brother-in-law's experience is worse. Clearly, there's
no consistency here. For no obvious reason, some of these cars use a
lot of oil, whilst others don't.
Peter.
05-13-2007, 12:04 AM
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 10:38:25 -0400, Steve Thompson <smt@vgersoft.com>
wrote:
>On Sat, 12 May 2007, Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
>
>> There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>
>FWIW, I have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. Now at 95,000 miles; oil changed
>every 5,000 miles. I have never had to add oil between changes, not even
>when it was new.
I also have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. My experience is a long way
from yours: I carry a bottle of oil around with me, and expect to see
the warning light two or three times between services. (The dipstick
is so difficult to read as to be useless.) And, as I've already
mentioned, my brother-in-law's experience is worse. Clearly, there's
no consistency here. For no obvious reason, some of these cars use a
lot of oil, whilst others don't.
Peter.
wrote:
>On Sat, 12 May 2007, Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
>
>> There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>
>FWIW, I have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. Now at 95,000 miles; oil changed
>every 5,000 miles. I have never had to add oil between changes, not even
>when it was new.
I also have a 2002 A4 with the 3.0 V6. My experience is a long way
from yours: I carry a bottle of oil around with me, and expect to see
the warning light two or three times between services. (The dipstick
is so difficult to read as to be useless.) And, as I've already
mentioned, my brother-in-law's experience is worse. Clearly, there's
no consistency here. For no obvious reason, some of these cars use a
lot of oil, whilst others don't.
Peter.
05-13-2007, 01:58 AM
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 06:44:37 -0500, Roscoe P Pendoscoe
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
05-13-2007, 01:58 AM
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 06:44:37 -0500, Roscoe P Pendoscoe
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
05-13-2007, 01:58 AM
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 06:44:37 -0500, Roscoe P Pendoscoe
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
05-13-2007, 01:58 AM
#57
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
On Sat, 12 May 2007 06:44:37 -0500, Roscoe P Pendoscoe
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
<mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
><dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:
>There is no way I am adding oil to a new car between oil changes.
>That's a fact.
It's not unreasonable to have to add some oil to a new engine as
things loosen up and bed in though.
>I also was told it would improve as the rings seated and "broke in".
>
>What crap.
Quite. There will be no honing pattern left on the cylinder walls.
Indeed, they'll probably be glazed now so I don't see how the rings
can dramatically improve (if that's where the oil is coming from).
>I stopped building and racing Super/Comp and Super/Gas cars
>about 10 years ago with some having 13..5:1 compression 900 HP and no
>long break-in periods on those type of motors to seat oil and
>compression rings. After some seasons with 100+ full out passes, they
>still didn't use any discernable oil unless a catastrophic failure
>occurred.
There's a school of thought that says that the best way to run in
piston rings is to drive the engine hard for the first 20 miles of its
life. This loads up the rings, pushes them properly out into contact
with the honing pattern on the cylinder walls and wears both into a
nice tightly matched pair before the honing pattern is worn off and
the cylinder walls become glazed. The theory is supposedly proven on
the racetrack where chronic bad oil consumption is rare and gentle
running in is rarer!
Other than a specific fault, engines that burn large amounts of oil
tend to have been built with poor tolerances - this is not unheard of
with European engines. The usual ways for an end user to damage an
engine are the simple traditional ones of overheating them, running
low on oil or not changing the oil or using completely the wrong fuel.
However, it's not uncommon to find that a new engine that uses huge
amounts of oil is also run low (to the point of slight damage) by an
unsuspecting user. From that point on, oil consumption is often high.
--
Z
05-20-2007, 04:05 AM
#58
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
Hi Roscoe
>I have a NEW car that I am hauling a quart of oil around in the trunk
>in case the darn thing pops up again.
When I bought my new A4 2.0 TDI with PD-engine, the dealer said I'll
have to add +/- 3/4 l off oil when the odo meter reach about 10 000 km
and again about 20 000 km. And indeed. On 9 800 km and 18 000 km I saw
the green oilcan pictogram popping up on my display.
After a refresh of oil (About 28 000 km) the dealer said oliconsumption
will now lower and *maybe* I have to add 3/4 l oil after 15 000 km
drive.
Indeed, again dealer has right! After +/- 16 000 km I had to add +/- 1/2
l of oil. (Did not waited until oilcan popped up. Just checking oil
level and have added a bit.)
Now, the engine has had his second oilchange and dealer said
oilconsumption should be normal now i.g. maybe you have to add 3/4 l oil
after 20 000 km.
>I have to wonder whether 00-40W oil has anything to do with it. Dealer
>said anything else voids warranty.
I'm using 0W30 longlive oil.
>I have a NEW car that I am hauling a quart of oil around in the trunk
>in case the darn thing pops up again.
When I bought my new A4 2.0 TDI with PD-engine, the dealer said I'll
have to add +/- 3/4 l off oil when the odo meter reach about 10 000 km
and again about 20 000 km. And indeed. On 9 800 km and 18 000 km I saw
the green oilcan pictogram popping up on my display.
After a refresh of oil (About 28 000 km) the dealer said oliconsumption
will now lower and *maybe* I have to add 3/4 l oil after 15 000 km
drive.
Indeed, again dealer has right! After +/- 16 000 km I had to add +/- 1/2
l of oil. (Did not waited until oilcan popped up. Just checking oil
level and have added a bit.)
Now, the engine has had his second oilchange and dealer said
oilconsumption should be normal now i.g. maybe you have to add 3/4 l oil
after 20 000 km.
>I have to wonder whether 00-40W oil has anything to do with it. Dealer
>said anything else voids warranty.
I'm using 0W30 longlive oil.
05-20-2007, 04:05 AM
#59
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
Hi Roscoe
>I have a NEW car that I am hauling a quart of oil around in the trunk
>in case the darn thing pops up again.
When I bought my new A4 2.0 TDI with PD-engine, the dealer said I'll
have to add +/- 3/4 l off oil when the odo meter reach about 10 000 km
and again about 20 000 km. And indeed. On 9 800 km and 18 000 km I saw
the green oilcan pictogram popping up on my display.
After a refresh of oil (About 28 000 km) the dealer said oliconsumption
will now lower and *maybe* I have to add 3/4 l oil after 15 000 km
drive.
Indeed, again dealer has right! After +/- 16 000 km I had to add +/- 1/2
l of oil. (Did not waited until oilcan popped up. Just checking oil
level and have added a bit.)
Now, the engine has had his second oilchange and dealer said
oilconsumption should be normal now i.g. maybe you have to add 3/4 l oil
after 20 000 km.
>I have to wonder whether 00-40W oil has anything to do with it. Dealer
>said anything else voids warranty.
I'm using 0W30 longlive oil.
>I have a NEW car that I am hauling a quart of oil around in the trunk
>in case the darn thing pops up again.
When I bought my new A4 2.0 TDI with PD-engine, the dealer said I'll
have to add +/- 3/4 l off oil when the odo meter reach about 10 000 km
and again about 20 000 km. And indeed. On 9 800 km and 18 000 km I saw
the green oilcan pictogram popping up on my display.
After a refresh of oil (About 28 000 km) the dealer said oliconsumption
will now lower and *maybe* I have to add 3/4 l oil after 15 000 km
drive.
Indeed, again dealer has right! After +/- 16 000 km I had to add +/- 1/2
l of oil. (Did not waited until oilcan popped up. Just checking oil
level and have added a bit.)
Now, the engine has had his second oilchange and dealer said
oilconsumption should be normal now i.g. maybe you have to add 3/4 l oil
after 20 000 km.
>I have to wonder whether 00-40W oil has anything to do with it. Dealer
>said anything else voids warranty.
I'm using 0W30 longlive oil.
05-20-2007, 04:05 AM
#60
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Re: oil consumption in new 2007 A4 2.0T Quatro
Hi Roscoe
>I have a NEW car that I am hauling a quart of oil around in the trunk
>in case the darn thing pops up again.
When I bought my new A4 2.0 TDI with PD-engine, the dealer said I'll
have to add +/- 3/4 l off oil when the odo meter reach about 10 000 km
and again about 20 000 km. And indeed. On 9 800 km and 18 000 km I saw
the green oilcan pictogram popping up on my display.
After a refresh of oil (About 28 000 km) the dealer said oliconsumption
will now lower and *maybe* I have to add 3/4 l oil after 15 000 km
drive.
Indeed, again dealer has right! After +/- 16 000 km I had to add +/- 1/2
l of oil. (Did not waited until oilcan popped up. Just checking oil
level and have added a bit.)
Now, the engine has had his second oilchange and dealer said
oilconsumption should be normal now i.g. maybe you have to add 3/4 l oil
after 20 000 km.
>I have to wonder whether 00-40W oil has anything to do with it. Dealer
>said anything else voids warranty.
I'm using 0W30 longlive oil.
>I have a NEW car that I am hauling a quart of oil around in the trunk
>in case the darn thing pops up again.
When I bought my new A4 2.0 TDI with PD-engine, the dealer said I'll
have to add +/- 3/4 l off oil when the odo meter reach about 10 000 km
and again about 20 000 km. And indeed. On 9 800 km and 18 000 km I saw
the green oilcan pictogram popping up on my display.
After a refresh of oil (About 28 000 km) the dealer said oliconsumption
will now lower and *maybe* I have to add 3/4 l oil after 15 000 km
drive.
Indeed, again dealer has right! After +/- 16 000 km I had to add +/- 1/2
l of oil. (Did not waited until oilcan popped up. Just checking oil
level and have added a bit.)
Now, the engine has had his second oilchange and dealer said
oilconsumption should be normal now i.g. maybe you have to add 3/4 l oil
after 20 000 km.
>I have to wonder whether 00-40W oil has anything to do with it. Dealer
>said anything else voids warranty.
I'm using 0W30 longlive oil.
