Golf mk4 2.0 gti burning loads of oil

[himmerz]

My golf is burning loads of oil
I bought it two weeks ago privately from kent
Drove to suffolk and the dip stick was like no oil but it was full in kent.
I bought it with the engine management light on,
Used a snapon scanner and checked faults cleared them.
Hav a lamba sensor and maf fault code.

Would this cause the problem. I've had a service but its still burning it, drove 100 miles recently and it needed 4 litres!
It's not overheating and i dont think the head gasket has gone.
Would fixing lamba and maf likely solve thw problem?
It's a aqy engine

Thanks

[Wayne]

Piston rings or valve stem seals would more llikely be the cause tbh.

[himmerz]

Piston rings or valve stem seals would more llikely be the cause tbh.

Part wise is it expensive?
And how labour intensive?

Can using different oil or v-power petrol help?

[Wayne]

Part wise is it expensive?
And how labour intensive?

Yes will be both, valve stem seals is easier to sort.

Can using different oil or v-power petrol help?

Nope, will make no difference.

[nottyash]

Piston rings or valve stem seals would more llikely be the cause tbh.

Part wise is it expensive?
And how labour intensive?

Can using different oil or v-power petrol help?

No.
That sounds an awful lot. Are you sure its not a leak? as that sort of usage would definatly have blue smoke and the exhaust will be black and sooty.
Forte oil addative reduced oil usage on my Celica 1.8VVTI but even that was a lot better than yours. It was 1 litre per 1000 miles.

[himmerz]

No.
That sounds an awful lot. Are you sure its not a leak? as that sort of usage would definatly have blue smoke and the exhaust will be black and sooty.
Forte oil addative reduced oil usage on my Celica 1.8VVTI but even that was a lot better than yours. It was 1 litre per 1000 miles.

Yeah I'm pretty certain its not a leak there's no oil where I park it.
I'm pretty certain I don't have blue smoke at the back of the exhaust or soot as well.
I might just see if I can rev it up now and check but I've never noticed it. I will check to see if there's any oil around the sump as well while I'm at it and follow up on here.

[himmerz]

Ok have just checked car, reved the tits out of it and there is no smoke at all
However there was a really tiny dribble of something on the concreate, if it is oil its very very transparent so its quite a hard call and i don't wanna taste it to find out.

I have been looking at the maf connector as it has been rewired and I'm wonder if it is wrong I tried to measure between pin 3 and 5 but got 0v it might be that i didn't hav a good connection but on someother pins i had 4-5v

I'm going to upload a picture of my maf connector and was wondering it looks right.

For the amount of dribble of liquid under the car if its oil it only presumable does it when hot else there would of been more of it?

Either way I'm going to get it up on a ramp at the weekend and check the sump for leaks

[himmerz]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/imag0074o.jpg/

Does this look wired right

[Wayne]

The maf will make no difference to it using oil.

[himmerz]

The maf will make no difference to it using oil.

Ok thanks