Polo GTI High Oil Usage - Discussion Thread

[gavs]

Thanks for the great advise guys.

I contacted VW customer care yesterday afternoon and made them aware of my situation and how unhappy i am. They have logged a report and are going to look into it for me. Maybe i will get some sort of compensation for all this oil i have had to pay for and by the looks of things continue to pay for. I'll keep you guys posted..

I doubt it, but all you can do is try

prcurrie, yours won't be MY11.5, it will be MY12 so yes, theoretically it will have the new pistons etc in it.

[wiz]

I wish you all the best Alex.
I have just done close to 1600km and have just added a further 1L of oil. That's 2L in total.
I have contacted my dealership and its going in for a consumption test in the next day or so.

Out of interest I order my car in December 2010 and recieved it in September.

[iigx]

wow, this may all be just a conspiracy (no production while they try to fix piston issues), but it sure does explain alot. I hope its not true, though

[dav]

Good luck with customer care Alex. So far I've had the air compressor, piston rings and new turbo to be replaced... all within 8 months :0

I only got the usual spat of "your car is under warranty, sorry and goodbye".

PS. the new rings seem to be doing the job so far after about 5-600 kms.

[nugget1312]

1300kms and about 1/2 way down the dipstick on my MY12.......hoping it will settle a bit as it isn't as bad as some poster's on here......loving the car, though!

[pologti18t]

Maybe this engine issue is the reason Skoda have delayed the Fabia VRS release until early 2012.

[Hail22]

Imagine if SEAT came back to Aus with the Ibiza or Cupra S...

[prcurrie]

1300kms and about 1/2 way down the dipstick on my MY12.......hoping it will settle a bit as it isn't as bad as some poster's on here......loving the car, though!

nugget - when was your car built (what month)??

[prcurrie]

OK. So just got off the phone to the Service Manager at my dealership. I asked the question about the high oil consumption and his response was that this was the first time he's heard about the Polo GTIs consuming oil. He said to me that he would expect that within the first 15,000kms it may use a litre of oil.

I then said that there are reports of GTIs using 1 litre per 1000kms and he seemed a little shocked! He said he was seeing Golf GTI issues with oil, but no Polo GTIs...

My dealership is on the outskirts of Melbourne so I don't think that they've sold many Polo GTI's to actually see the issue come up.

Fingers crossed I'm not the first!

On the plus side, he said that he received a news release yesterday that Australia's allocation for cars has been increased by VW Global so the wait times may be coming down.....

[iigx]

On the plus side, he said that he received a news release yesterday that Australia's allocation for cars has been increased by VW Global so the wait times may be coming down.....

Humble