MK5 Golf drinking too much oil
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Hi all, went on a long trip today (95 miles each way), was really pleased at the mpg I got firstly, £20 of V-Power got me 197 miles which is amazing considering I wasnt eco-driving on the motorway and there was quite a bit of town driving involved also.
But on my way back the 'check oil level' light came on, which is nothing unusual to me now, it seems to require 1 litre of oil every 200 miles or so. I don't know how much oil a normal car is supposed to drink but this seems way too high to me. Is something wrong with the car? It is an FSI by the way (explains the V-Power lol).
But on my way back the 'check oil level' light came on, which is nothing unusual to me now, it seems to require 1 litre of oil every 200 miles or so. I don't know how much oil a normal car is supposed to drink but this seems way too high to me. Is something wrong with the car? It is an FSI by the way (explains the V-Power lol).
Hi CupraBob, mine is only a 1.4 FSI and its well past its running in period. I'd be really pleased if it was every 1000 miles but the Castrol GTX is not cheap and yesterday it came on whilst I was on the motorway which was worrying. Will reset the trip computer to see how long this litre last. What could be the problem though?
VW's "acceptable" limit is 1 Litre of Oil every 1000 Kilometers which is roughly 640 miles - how old is the vehicle? The warranty is 3 years or 60K. If it falls within this limit get a VW dealer to carry out a controled oil check for you - even out of warrnaty if the vehicles got a full service history there may be some goodwill.
markie2 said:
VW's "acceptable" limit is 1 Litre of Oil every 1000 Kilometers which is roughly 640 miles - how old is the vehicle? The warranty is 3 years or 60K. If it falls within this limit get a VW dealer to carry out a controled oil check for you - even out of warrnaty if the vehicles got a full service history there may be some goodwill.
Nope unfortunately the car is no longer under warranty (its a 2004). It does however have a full VW service history. Could my driving style cause it to consume a lot of oil? How much does a controlled oil check cost?Well I was work as a service advisor at a vw dealer and we don't charge any money to carry out a controlled oil check - it is a simple as topping oil up to the maximum level and taking note of the mileage and entering it on to the vw computer system and once the customer has covered 640 miles the oil level is checked again and this data is sent to vw for them to make a decision on any warranty or goodwill payments.
thanks for all your help so far, no it's not leaking underneath (not that I've checked, assuming I would see oil on the driveway). It was never really an issue when I first bought it back in June, after I had the service and oil change it seems to have increased its consumption. Not 100% sure though, it's not billowing black smoke or anything, but I'm definetly recording how long this litre will last, so far 5 miles
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