Polo GTI High Oil Usage - Discussion Thread

**GTIPolo6R** · 30-05-2012, 10:54 AM

I had my second top up (1 litre) from the dealer at 9000km last week so my car is chewing up around a litre every 4500km.

Well within their speciifed oil consumption limits but would have preferred it to have reduced somewhat (well it sorta did as the first top up at 4400km was 1.2 litres).

Based on this, I'll most likely require another top up just before her first service @ 15000km.

**cyborgcuprajq** · 31-05-2012, 07:49 PM

Free top ups?

I just got 1 free top up which was 500ml in the first 800kms. After that I had to buy 4lts of Castrol to top up myself

**kawabanga** · 31-05-2012, 08:33 PM

In the most famous Italian car magazine (Quattroruote), after a lot of reports sent to them by the users of our forum (polovw.it) and others, came out a two pages article that starts like this: "Once upon a time the use was to have a jar of oil in the car trunk, no more in 2012, except for Vw..."

VW was inquired by the magazine about the oil problem on TSI engines and stated that:
_From engine #CAV261914 is not useful to change piston rings, because this is a temporary solution and those rings are already mounted in origin on these engines, so will not give a definitive benefit. It's better to wait for a new oil separation system that is going to come and will be mounted for free on all faulty cars.
_Top ups will be done for free in all VW workshops...

**cyborgcuprajq** · 31-05-2012, 08:42 PM

Sounds like a plan

P.S: Any ETA for this?

**kawabanga** · 31-05-2012, 08:47 PM

Do you mean ETKA number?
Not yet, the article just appeared on June's number of the magazine... Non more details...
Let's wait, we also know that all Italian workshop managers went in May to VW Italy headquarters for a meeting about this problem and they were said that a solution is going to come...

I'm not so confident about this solution, but let's see what will happen... :/

**cyborgcuprajq** · 31-05-2012, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by kawabanga

Do you mean ETKA number?
Not yet, the article just appeared on June's number of the magazine... Non more details...
Let's wait, we also know that all Italian workshop managers went in May to VW Italy headquarters for a meeting about this problem and they were said that a solution is going to come...

I'm not so confident about this solution, but let's see what will happen... :/

I mean estimated time for this fix ;D
I'll check my new engine CODE when I get my car back...

**kawabanga** · 31-05-2012, 08:51 PM

Not a precise date, just "coming soon"...

**kawabanga** · 31-05-2012, 10:13 PM

At this point my personal theory is:
_Piston rings are not able to contain enought the pression inside the combustion chamber (may be specially in hard conditions: low rev, high loads due to volumex or wrong break in or engine cold or ... or ...)
_Pression in engine cranckcase increase
_Cyclonic oil separator is not able to do its work, some oil is sucked up in the intake...

Gav, what do you think about this theory...?

**gavs** · 01-06-2012, 08:21 AM

To be honest mate, I have redlines my car, I regularly drive up and down hills in anger and a few of us are going for a run through the alpine region this weekend and I can guarantee that some of the others will lay testament to how I drive this car. I still (touch wood) have no oil issues.

I think the issue is manufacturing tolerances, simple as that. Coupled with an engine tune from the factory that is dicey in regards to fuel and spark delivery and I think it's just a recipe for disaster.

The new oil separator will be interesting to see how effective it is, this could be one of the causes for excessive carbon / soot build up in the intake manifold with an in-effective separator. Easily fixed with an external catchcan however...