My Polo - 5000k's... Oil looks low

[b0bby]

Hey guys,

Just thought id check my oil in my polo which i have had maybe 4 months, and it looks to be a tad low on the dipstick...

Is this weird ?

Or is it just the nature of the beast, and should i just grab some oil and put some in her ?

[PeterHBne]

Yeah mine consumed enough in the first 5-15,000kms to warrant buying a 1ltr (I thinkthat ws the size) bottle to topup - twice I think - I asked at the time on the forum and everyone thought this was normal.

[Whubbsie]

It's normal, just top it up and then change the oil at 7500km.

[JCM308]

According to VW that's normal. When I picked up my 07 GTI the dealer said to keep an eye on the oil. Apparently an acceptable amount of oil usage is 1L per every 2000k's.

[NickZ]

Per the manual its 1L per 1000km!

Thankfully oil usage on mine has been minimal, although its fine if you do use some. I never needed to top it up, although I do the oil change every 7500km.

How have you run the car in? If you run it in soft it will use more oil than if you run it in hard.

[Kiel_GTI]

normally manuals quote a very high oil consumption figure as to save the @sses so in case of high consumption like 1 ltr per 1000k's they cant be held responsible for the oil running out too early and engine siezing etc etc