Polo GTI High Oil Usage - Discussion Thread

[RoknRob]

Pleasant surprise today. Oil consumption test came back borderline... Again.
Nevertheless, service department went to bat for me and got the oil squirter replacement approved... Even though my car is technically out of warranty!
I must say, I have been impressed with my dealers service department over the years. Pricey, but they do look after their customer's interest. That's makes it worth it.

[peter_pianto]

Mine consumed 700ml /1000km using castrol yet less using shell helix. Luckily the consumption test was done when I had castrol in it. Car also backfires and rough start from cold.
Had oil squirters changed. Improvement to 250ml roughly.
Complained to vwa, but not interested. Meanwhile I've talked about five people out of buying a vw and I'll continue to do so. I understand there are always manufacturing faults and defects, but it's how the company deals with it. Which in this case, is not at all.

[danield]

Had my squirters installed on the 10th Feb. Oil has not dropped below the top of the hatch marks since. Estimate I've done between 3000-3500 kms. Happy so far.

[RoknRob]

So 2800 km since oil squirters were replaced. Oil is now down to the bottom 3rd of the dipstick. Not great but heaps better than before.

[Xeon5]

How many miles was it before the squirters?

I have a 2011 with 25k miles on the clock and i topped up around 370 miles ago and it is already down to half which has me worried.

[RoknRob]

My usage was always very borderline, with respect to what VW considers within spec, about 500ml per 1000 km.
Looks like I will still need to top up between services, but much less frequently.

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[Xeon5]

It looks like it has made some improvement then.

I am going to give VW a call and ask them what is the best course of action as I have only had the car just over 2 months so really don't want a new engine. Going to see how much the new oil spray jets are to supply and fit without going through the whole back and forth procedure.

Update: Well, I gave VW a call and spoke to a "service advisor" and all he could say was bring it in for checks. He wouldn't discuss what would be done if there was a problem or if he knew of the breather mod and the updated oil jets..........looks like I have a long road ahead

[RoknRob]

Is your car the current model? Should all be covered by warranty, then. But yes, before they do any work, they will want to confirm that the car is out of spec, by doing an oil consumption test. Hopefully you can get all the components replaced in one go.

But this is the first time I've heard of a current model having oil consumption issues...

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[Xeon5]

Is your car the current model? Should all be covered by warranty, then. But yes, before they do any work, they will want to confirm that the car is out of spec, by doing an oil consumption test. Hopefully you can get all the components replaced in one go.

But this is the first time I've heard of a current model having oil consumption issues...

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Sorry for the confusion, mine is a 2011 model with the CAVE engine. It is out of warranty by half a year but when I bought the car I got a 3 year extended one

[RoknRob]

Ah! Same year as mine then. Mine was out of warranty when they did the latest work (goodwill) , but it has had a 4 year history of using oil.

If you have an extended warranty, should be no problem.


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