Excessive Oil Consumption - Replace Pistons & Rings Under Warranty

[slam]

It's pretty darn high for sure, you may need to add the oil cost to your fuel economy calculations! LOL

But seriously - do you have any negative symptoms?
Put your finger into the tail pipe - if it's dry/sooty then you're fine
If it's wet and slimy then you definitely have a problem

No negative symptoms that I have noticed. The exhaust pipe seems to be dry - just sooty. Haven't noticed any oily residues yet.

[Martin]

So don't worry

Let the dealer replace pistons and rings under warranty and see what happens

[kaanage]

This is true, sadly. I know a guy whose Mk5 GTI burns through 1L in 1,000km, and has since he bought it near-new. That kind of oil consumption is frightening.

If his average mileage is 10l/100km, the his oil consumption is 100:1.
There are 2-stroke scooters and motorcycles that use less than that.

[darkfriend]

My GTI has done just over 8000km and completed an oil consumption test last week- using 400ml/1000km. It used to be worse. I believe that under 500ml/ 1000km is within 'normal' limits. I keep oil in the boot like I used to with my first car that was older than I was! I've also bought some metal polish to constantly clean the exhaust tips...

Wish it used less oil however...

[Tobes_WIR35]

I go through about 1L every 15,000km. I'd consider that to be pretty normal. The first 15,000 it went through about 2-3L.

[will86_]

Did this ever get fixed?

[slam]

Did this ever get fixed?

Just picked up the car back from the dealer this afternoon - was there for 7 days for the pistons and rings to be replaced. Obviously too early to tell if that fixed the excessive oil consumption or not.

Not too impressed with the lack of attention to detail - quite a few of the cables / tubes in the engine bay were not pushed back into the lugs.

[will86_]

Just picked up the car back from the dealer this afternoon - was there for 7 days for the pistons and rings to be replaced. Obviously too early to tell if that fixed the excessive oil consumption or not.

Not too impressed with the lack of attention to detail - quite a few of the cables / tubes in the engine bay were not pushed back into the lugs.

Thanks for the update. I hope your issue with the oil consumption is resolved though. Time will tell.

[Lucas_R]

A girl at work has an Audi A4 2.0TSi 2011 model (same engine as Mk6 GTi) and it was drinking oil like no tomorrow. About a year ago, she got approval from Audi to rebuild the engine with new pistons and rings and the oil consumption is slightly better according to her feedback, but it still drinks a considerable amount.

For 1L every 18-20k km i wouldnt bother getting the engine pulled apart to be honest.

Seeing this thread was bumped - may as well update on my work collegues Audi A4 2.0TSI as its the same engine as the Mk6 GTI. The pistons were replaced a bit over a year ago, but the engine was still going through a lot of oil.

Recently she had some more issues with the engine and the head was deemed faulty for whatever reason and replaced by Audi. So basically now she has a brand new engine.

[slam]

Have done just over 700km with the new pistons & rings. Checked the dip stick last night and the oil level hasn't changed at all. Based on the previous consumption rate, I would have used nearly 500mL of oil by now which would have been obvious on the dip stick.

So I guess it's good news - the new pistons and rings seem to have fixed my high oil consumption problem.

Will report back again with more ks on the clock.