Losing Oil!

[dylan8]

Not sure - I check the oil level with the dipstick every time I get fuel...

Hmmm, i learnt after that the first time it gave me the warning

[ben]

Dylan my bora also doesnt warn me when the oil is getting low, but just when it is completely gone.

But wow can this car drink! Id say mine is probably a bit more than 1L / 1000km, so tend to check it very regularly.

The 2.0 litre engine in the Beetle and bora etc normally APK engine is well known to be a drinker. Its mainly due to the oil control ring being stamped top on the bottom of the ring, then the poor installer reads top, fits it facing top as you do and in actual fact it should be down

Jmac, I take it its too hard to get to the 'oil control ring', in order to do a quick fix by flipping it up the right way?... I don't have any knowledge of where this would be, but if someone knows (and it would fix the excessive drinking) im sure it would be a lot of help for the mkIV owners out there!

So how hard is this to do?

Cheers,

Ben

[h100vw]

It's a head and sump off job to do the rings. DIYable but you'd need some previous experience of the subject.

Gavin

[dylan8]

Dylan my bora also doesnt warn me when the oil is getting low, but just when it is completely gone.

is yours a 2lt? i believe the 4mo and maybe v5 have the additional sensors, also extra sensors in the rear of the exhaust that the 2lt models don't have

[ben]

It's a head and sump off job to do the rings. DIYable but you'd need some previous experience of the subject.
Gavin

Ahh ok thanks, looks like ill be sticking to buying oil haha.

is yours a 2lt? i believe the 4mo and maybe v5 have the additional sensors, also extra sensors in the rear of the exhaust that the 2lt models don't have

Yeh just a lil 2L . Hopefully it will become a 4mo someday...
(i believe your right about the sensors btw)

[dylan8]

Ahh ok thanks, looks like ill be sticking to buying oil haha.

x2

Yeh just a lil 2L . Hopefully it will become a 4mo someday...

same boat as me

[dubbed]

Jesus! That's just unacceptable in my opinion. My 1.8t doesn't use a drop.

Japanese cars are sounding better each day...

[Golf88]

Thanks Manaz.

After speaking to a VW mechanic I was told that the Golf 2.0L will use approx 1Litre of Oil per 1000km also stated in the Owners Manual, pretty shocked to learn this and suggest the anyone who ownes a Golf Mk4 2.0L check their Oil weekly, so much for German Engineering

did you take it to golfwagen? jo told me the same thing and where did it get serviced? when i first got my car i got the dipstick showing empty but no light after that i spoke to him i check it about once a month and keep it at the top it seems to burn less the closer to full it is once it get to the low end of the dip stick it drops off very quick

i have a 2.o auto 00

[Jmac]

Try Shell HX7-K, this will slow the process down hopefully, im trialling it as we speak, also will be dealing direct with Penrite soon and will also try their equivilant
Cheers
Jmac

[madglf3]

Mine doesn't use too much, at least not a noticable amount. It's funny how there is so much variation between similar models. Mine is an '04 though.