Do GTis use up oil?

[tweed]

Well guess thats the thing with buying used cars. You never know how theyve been used. I guess ive been unlucky with used cars. Well apart from the two bmws ive owned.  I just put the down to the engineering of bmw.


Also note that volkswagen/audi say that their engines will use 1 litre of oil to 2000 miles.
And as I said from the research I done, the oil consumption only gets worse. This is just information ive read from people making threads on various sites about burning oil.

Obviously the cars that get better with oil consumption are not writing threads about it, but they also aren't replying saying it will get better.

I know I wont be buying a new vw regardless of what youve just told me.

[Bellend]

Well my experience with a fleet of vans, the 236k mile 56 plate doesn't ever get topped up. The two 80k 2011 vans do.

Pretty much exactly the same engines and always well overloaded and cained to sh!t.

[jaygolfgti]

Lots of conflicting oppinions. So do you think its normal? I'll keep an eye on how much it uses over the next months.

[barrym381]

Lots of conflicting oppinions. So do you think its normal? I'll keep an eye on how much it uses over the next months.

send CraigW a pm he had a similar thing with a tt with the same engine 

[tweed]

Well my experience with a fleet of vans, the 236k mile 56 plate doesn't ever get topped up. The two 80k 2011 vans do.

Pretty much exactly the same engines and always well overloaded and cained to sh!t.

so what your saying is your 80k vans are not run in yet and piston rings still need to wear done the hone on the bores??

christ since we have already mentioned other engines like generators ill use my kart engine as a example.  After 10 hours of use the hone marks are pretty much gone on the stroke. Obviously still have a bit in some places but its smooth. And well run in because 10 hours is a life of a engine. Its rebuild time.

Also danny p was talking about first 10/15k miles and never used oil since.
If your engines are burning oil ar 80k then they will continue burning oil.
Unless you tell me they are still running in and rings still aint run in the bores yet.

[tweed]

Here one thread of the many ive read about oil consumption getting worse.
http://m.topix.com/forum/autos/audi-a4/TBIH0F9LPNHIBLUEV/p29

im sorry but with my own experience and with many people having the same issues, what are you going to believe?  The mass or one guy saying different. 

Im not in anyway saying you are wrong danny, but the op will think his engine will get better but 99% chance it will only get worse.

I can keep posting threads of others if you wish?

[tweed]

Another 2.0t getting worse.
http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/topic/127545-helpaudi-a4-20t-serious-engine-oil-problem/

[danny_p]

TFSI engines tend to kill themselves  due to coil pack failure,   if theres no spark petrol washes the oil film off the bore and before you know it the motors smokeing and thats the end of that

[danny_p]

people never really post about things going well or getting better they just happily drive them about.

the 2.0 crossflow 8 valve motor can be heavy on oil,  they seem to be the enigne that get lumberds with short runs and pooteling about as anyone who was going to drive it hard bought the 1.8T.   

sometimes they will inprove by been driven and good serviceing,   other motors will just use more and more oil as time goes on. there is a know piston ring issue with them.

the mk3 enigne will often respond well to some carefully aministerd abuse.

mk2 motors PB and KR were well know for not setteling there rings for many miles unless they were given some hammer.

tweed - after 10 / 15 k oil consumption should have stoped  but dosent allways.   if the enigne was never given enough load when it was fresh it takes a very long time for them to stop burning oil, 

i rebuilt a tractor enigne some years ago once it was all finished minion was soposed to connect it up to water pump to give it a few hours of sensible work  before giveing it to the vandals,  anyway minion got distracted by something and left it ideling by the pump all day. that never did it any favors   hell that engine can get through some oil.  it's slowly getting better but i'll die before it's right as someone will run it out of oil  and there be a rod through the side no dought 

[Bellend]

Well my experience with a fleet of vans, the 236k mile 56 plate doesn't ever get topped up. The two 80k 2011 vans do.

Pretty much exactly the same engines and always well overloaded and cained to sh!t.

so what your saying is your 80k vans are not run in yet and piston rings still need to wear done the hone on the bores??

christ since we have already mentioned other engines like generators ill use my kart engine as a example.  After 10 hours of use the hone marks are pretty much gone on the stroke. Obviously still have a bit in some places but its smooth. And well run in because 10 hours is a life of a engine. Its rebuild time.

Also danny p was talking about first 10/15k miles and never used oil since.
If your engines are burning oil ar 80k then they will continue burning oil.
Unless you tell me they are still running in and rings still aint run in the bores yet.

I dunno the blokes reckon the old one used to use oil and doesn't anymore. Time will tell I guess. They do about 250-350 a day though so won't be long.

The Sprinter down there uses loads of oil and that's had a new engine in about 2 years ago, never used to on the old one either just a piston blew a hole in it or something I'm not sure.