1 Litre oil top up every 2 months sound right?

[neo66]

As subject says!......

[dan_apps]

have a look in the maintenance section as T_T has done a very useful comparrison on longlife etc just go to search and put in 'oil consumption'!

Mine drinks oil like i drink beer TBH! i do approx 2500 miles a month currently so tis to be expected! 

[carl1]

depends on miles but id say yes if 1500- 2000 miles a month. this is what i disliked about my gti's.any other car i had used this much oil either had leek or rings gone, roughly £200 a year on oil - what a load of crap

[bacillus]

What sort of milage are you doing as it has great influence on the answer.

[neo66]

Doing about 500 miles a month MAX!!, not on LL oil as been advised against it at all costs  .
No signs of blue smoke etc!, using CASTROL EDGE 5w-30.

[winrya]

Mine has used 1.5 litres over the past 3.5 years and 35,000 miles. I wouldn't be happy with that consumption

[Saint Steve]

Mine has used 1.5 litres over the past 3.5 years and 35,000 miles. I wouldn't be happy with that consumption

Mine uses about 1 litre of oil every 6 months. Mines done 28k and hasnt put a foot wrong.

[bacillus]

Where is TT when you need him?

iirc VW considers up to 1200 miles for 1 litre of oil as within spec.

[ub7rm]

I asked my garage about this and the mechanic said that modern vw / audi engines weren't as 'tight' as they used to so there was less friction and therefore more efficient / lower emissions but as a side effect more oil was being consumed.  Made sense to me...

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Doing about 500 miles a month MAX!!,

So, 1 litre in two months = 1 litre per 1000 miles.  Whilst this may seem a lot, it is actually inside the VW specification of upto 1 litre of oil per 1000 kilometers (just over 600 miles).

Can I ask how many miles in total the car has?  And how was it run in?  And how do you drive it?

not on LL oil as been advised against it at all costs  .
No signs of blue smoke etc!, using CASTROL EDGE 5w-30.

But Castrol Edge 5w30 IS LongLife oil!

Or are you saying you are not on the LongLife regime?  Read here for further info: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=65779