Checking Engine Oil Level / Oil Consumption / Oil Light On

[walbjj]

No, I've never noticed any discussion on oil usage on this forum. I'd think you are in a unique situation.

thanks for the sarcastic reply, i actually posted it as a new thread, but it got merged with this.
as has been reflected by others, it seems that the oil usage is quite common for these cars, which is something that ive never ever experienced in my ownership of previous cars. ive owned hondas- civics, type r engined civics, s2000. evo9, a toyota landcruiser. and none of these had oil consumption usage like the gti

[Diesel_vert]

so i start up mjy car and the check oil light has come up, ive only done 5500km.
ill head to the dealership and ask for a top up cos no way this should be normal, considering they expect services to be every 15k km.
i think ill buy some oil while im at it
any others with this experience

Difference between min. and max. on the dipstick is said to be approx. 1 litre, so at every 5500 km that works out to be 0.18 L / 1000 km, which is under VW's guidelines:

It is normal for the engine to consume oil. Oil consumption is dependent to
a considerable extent on the load and speed of the engine. Oil consumption
could be as high as 0.5 litres/1 000 km depending on your style of driving.

One should therefore check the oil level at regular intervals, preferably every
time after the fuel tank is filled or after driving for long stretches.

It is quite normal that a new engine has a higher oil consumption at first, and
reaches its lowest level only after a certain running in time. It is therefore not
possible to correctly assess the oil consumption of a new vehicle until after
you have driven about 5 000 km.

If oil consumption doesn't settle down by the time your first service is due (15k -OR- 1 year from the build date), ask them to look into it then.

[brad]

thanks for the sarcastic reply, i actually posted it as a new thread, but it got merged with this.
as has been reflected by others, it seems that the oil usage is quite common for these cars, which is something that ive never ever experienced in my ownership of previous cars. ive owned hondas- civics, type r engined civics, s2000. evo9, a toyota landcruiser. and none of these had oil consumption usage like the gti

In a 'round-a-bout way, i was suggesting you use the search function first. Your comment

any others with this experience

suggests you are not aware of any other comments on oil consumption on this forum.
There are plenty of folk just like you that have commented on their previous cars being fully sealed & how the VWs love to burn through the lube.

[Transporter]

thanks for the sarcastic reply, i actually posted it as a new thread, but it got merged with this.
as has been reflected by others, it seems that the oil usage is quite common for these cars, which is something that ive never ever experienced in my ownership of previous cars. ive owned hondas- civics, type r engined civics, s2000. evo9, a toyota landcruiser. and none of these had oil consumption usage like the gti

It's quite possible that it was me who merged it. I apologize to you for any grieve that I caused you by doing that. However, it is a common sense to use the search function of the forum, the one that says “google custom search” is a better one to use. If you had, you wouldn’t have to post a new thread with the same topic like 100+ users already did before you.

[nat225]

vag oil use is still ok..

a Mazda RX8 is worse, it's designed to chew oil!

[Flighter]

My car is now at 20,000ks and it is using way more oil now than it did for the first 10,000. Definitely more than 0.5l/1000ks, and the car just does general suburban duties. Looks like I'll have to get the dealer to investigate as this is getting expensive!

[GolfAtom]

My 118TSI Golf is in it's 3rd year of ownership and 6 months (5,000 kms) after it's 3rd service, I got a low oil level warning. I had to top it up with 1 litre. In the first two years, the oil level was always above the low level, I never had to top up. According to the manual oil consumption up to 1 litre per 1000km is normal.

Should I be worried? Is the engine going bad?

[Umai Naa!!]

Keep an eye on it.

If in another 1000klms you have to put another litre in, take it and have it looked at. You may have an oil leak somewhere, or maybe it's as simple as the dealership shortchanging you on engine oil.

[GolfAtom]

Thanks Umai Naa, I'll certainly keep an eye on it.

[craig_the_german]

This oil useage must be particular to certain types of engines. My 90TSI is almost due for it's 30,000km service and in the 2 years I have had it (since new) it has needed not a single drop of oil added and has never moved off the full mark.