Excessive Oil Consumption - Replace Pistons & Rings Under Warranty

**coolperson** · 15-11-2013, 03:36 PM

HI fellow, Hope threadstarter dont mind me hijacking this thread.

I do experience this problem of 1L being consumed every 2000KM.

Wonder if anyone experience this as well?

Because apparently my dealer said it "Normal"

**Bel** · 16-11-2013, 08:59 PM

I think that is deemed as acceptable... Not sure. I never really had the oil consumption test - gave up on it and actually trying to get them to acknowledge it.
I get my car serviced every 7500kms, but not from the dealer anymore. Keep a 1L bottle of oil in the boot (fits in little side pocket perfectly) and I easily go though that every few thousand kms. Joys of VW

but yes I will buy VW again maybe, but it will be an R.
I still love my car and wash is every weekend and get a smile on my face when taking off from the lights

Oh and the recall on the DSG seems to have made it shudder worse! - clutch packs replace twice prior.. And water pump twice as well hahaha joys of new car ownership!

**will86_** · 22-11-2013, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

Cool man. Keep us updated. Gives me a bit more hope as my car is going in for an oil consumption reading this Monday.

**will86_** · 26-11-2013, 10:24 PM

Got my car back from an oil consumption test/reading. Was surprised to find my car only consumed 0.1L per 1000kms. I'm always topping her up every 1000-2000kms as the dip stick always reads low... I'm beginning to wonder if dipstick reader is inaccurate! Doing another 1000k oil consumption test...