Polo GTI High Oil Usage - Discussion Thread

[Harrydhillon]

The cold weather only started here last weekend (Hervey Bay). I have been driving it like an old man lately though.


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[muli]

Checked the missus car yesterday, two mm of oil on the stick appeared on the indicators.
Its done 4k since the service but some dip**** overfilled as it was way off the stick regardless of the temp i checked it at

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[Yaks1974]

Wonder why the dealerships have a habit of overfilling the oil?......must be to try and get less complaints of excess oil consumption?
They have overfilled my oil by at least 300-400 ml at each of my 2 services, I keep complaining about it at each service and it falls of deaf ears. I have immediately siphoned it out to the proper level myself once home. Next service is in ~ 3K , I am going to get the service manager to check the oil level with me post service!!



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[AndrewBurns]

Having the first service today and getting the oil replaced with penrite 5w40, my oil consumption isn't absurdly high but it will be interesting to see if the new oil reduces it.

[staz88]

Our MY12.5 GTI has been using 300-500ml of oil every 2000km's since new. Not as bad as some but not ideal either.

However for the past few months, thanks to advice from this forum, we have driven in manual mode only.
I can confirm that our oil consumption is now zero, or near enough to. I haven't seen the oil level drop at all.

[AndrewBurns]

Hmm I've been driving exclusively in manual for a while too (haven't been looking at the oil though), more to save the clutches but I'll keep an eye on it now that the car has been re-filled with fresh oil.

Side note very happy with the service and price of Exoticars in Parramatta, will definitely use them again.

[POW]

When drive in manual mode,hows you guys change gear?change up when the up arrow shows or change base on the rpm?

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[dening]

When drive in manual mode,hows you guys change gear?change up when the up arrow shows or change base on the rpm?

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Can you have the up arrow on a gti? Ive only ever seen it in a 77tsi loan car I had once.

I think the key reason to change manually is to get the engine to rev a little more rather than shift for economy as the program or shift guides do.

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[POW]

Yes,i hv the up arrow on my gti.whenever the car think is ready to up gear the arrow will show

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[alexaescht]

Yes,i hv the up arrow on my gti.whenever the car think is ready to up gear the arrow will show

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Weird. I thought the gear shift arrow would only be of use in a manual.