Oil Consumption

[brad]

I'd love to see how your engine responds on a dyno in 3-5 years with changes that infrequent. I think you'll find the turbo's bearing well and truly stuffed with oil like that over that extended period.

As much as VW do their research... they do it to balance reliability for the warranty period against the cost of servicing for their customers. They certainly don't set those intervals based on what's best for the motor.

I'm not sure what you mean "with oil like that". Do you mean oil that gets sent for analysis at a lab & comes back with a big smiley face against it after 15,000km?

Seriously, show me the real life examples of a modern VW engine running 504/507 under standard operating conditions (not severe service, which would need more frequent changing), changed every 15,000/12 months that has gone to God because of a lubrication issue.

[brad]

"Owners manual says every 15,000km/12 months"

I and everyone else I've spoken to thinks this is completely stupid especially on a turbo car, this forum only further confirms that for me.. but whats the best way to confront VW and get an oil change at say the 5-8k mark?

Also I'm waiting for my dealership to get back from christmas break as my Polo seems to have gone through most its oil since its 1500k checkup (sitting on 3000k now), its only just above the bottom of the studded line (best way to describe it) which i take it is the 1 qtr mark.
I seem to have lost power and it will on occasion stall, not sitting in a gear and not even using the clutch.. once it did it while i was out opening my garage door.

Ring the dealership, tell them you operate the car under severe service conditions (short trips & stop/start traffic) & book it in for an oil & filter change)

[Angryman]

So going by this logic I should be changing my oil every other month in my golf r.. this seems a bit extreme to me... work in the mines and travel 2000km every 8 days

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[Transporter]

So going by this logic I should be changing my oil every other month in my golf r.. this seems a bit extreme to me... work in the mines and travel 2000km every 8 days

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Driving long distances is much easier on the oil. The oil deteriorate the most during warming up periods. Unless you drive constantly at very hi-speed on hwy (you know what I mean ), you will be perfectly OK with 15,000km oil/filter changes. You could actually benefit from the flexible servicing intervals.

[jaedencook]

Ok so I'll be trying the dealership again tomorrow, I'm going to talk to them and see what they say about the oil, although I will probably ask for a change at 5k anyway to be sure.
One last question though, the oil in it at the moment after 3000km's is dirt brown, my experience with oil is only with cars that have done 150,000+ km's and it was always a golden yellow. Is this normal? do they put a denser oil in the car from new?

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Ok so I'll be trying the dealership again tomorrow, I'm going to talk to them and see what they say about the oil, although I will probably ask for a change at 5k anyway to be sure.
One last question though, the oil in it at the moment after 3000km's is dirt brown, my experience with oil is only with cars that have done 150,000+ km's and it was always a golden yellow. Is this normal? do they put a denser oil in the car from new?

No, this is the case of contaminents getting into the oil system, usually view blockback or through the turbo seals. 3,000km before seeing affects of wear on the oil is normal for a petrol turbo car.