Polo GTI High Oil Usage - Discussion Thread

[gavs]

91 degrees celcius is the normal operating temperature in normal driving conditions. Try not to flog it until it reaches this temp

[brad]

Always, always, always let it warm up to temperature before hammering it.

excellant!

What particular temp?

tigga1: IIRC, the consensus for oil temp was 80c+. Could be wrong. There should be something in the MK6 area... I didn't pay attention because I haven't got the temp read-out

[RoknRob]

Speaking of temperature gauges, there are 2 in the GTI: a great looking analog one in the tacho dial, and a digital one, which specifies Oil Temp, in the MFD.

In my car, the one in the MFD lags behind the other one by a lot.

Since oil temp seems to be the important one, I use the MFD value. Sadly, I never reach beyond about 83 degrees by the time I reach work, 15 km away.

I think it takes a while because my oil level is pretty much at maximum, ever since I topped up at 3000 km.
(Which is good news really, as I don't seem to have lost any oil after a further 500 km.)

[gavs]

The analogue is your water temp gauge. If you make sure you can heat soak the car and ensure your heater is off, it will warm up somewhat quicker...

[RoknRob]

Yes, gavs, I can assure you that since living in QLD, I have not once used the heater in this or previous cars!

Winters here are not like those in the Old Country, that's for sure!

But yes, just making the point that you should dig through the MFD menus to find the oil temp gauge, and not rely solely on the analog gauge.

[Hooti3]

More news regarding my story,

They will replace my rim!

I am glad they did that. The nearest service centre other than them is 20km's further from my house.

Lets hope I don't have problems in the future. Fingers crossed.

Positive outcome to a crap situation.


Other news:I have so far done 200kms into the 1000kms for the Oil consumption test.

I don't dare look at the dipstick.

[Eaglehawk]

I've done my third (or is it now fourth?) top up. I'm averaging 1L for every 1000km...

Is it Canberra driving? (We don't drive long enough to warm up the car on weekdays, so we never get the thrash it until weekends!)

[sklaas]

Hey guys, first time post, thought i'd share my experience. Ive had my GTI since January, i've done 23,0000kms. From 0 to 15,0000 I had to top it up with 2 litres. After the first service i've had to top it up with 1/2 litre (150000 - 20000). From 20000-23000 it has used no oil. Its been driven hard since day one, and i always wait for that oil temp to get to 92.

[Tigga1]

91 degrees celcius is the normal operating temperature in normal driving conditions. Try not to flog it until it reaches this temp

gavs (and others), many thanks for your comments, will stick to the 91c before giving it some...my daily work drive is down and up a range, on the way down it doesn't hit those temps till halfway to work, on the way home a lot earlier, and going up the range is fun!

get up to about 102 on the way up, usually gets down to about 93 by the time i park the car at home.

[gavs]

No worries mate

sklass, that's good news for those sufferers out there, I intend to try my own solution for teh time being. 15,000kms is just a long time in my mind to change oil on a new car, so awaiting a bottle of teh good stuff so I can do an oil change, will be interesting to see the weight difference of the old filter vs new