Audi S4 oil consumption
Discussion
maxpaul said:
Can anyone advise if there are any known problems with engine oil comsumption?
Also any sugestions how to reduce it
Paul
No. but the book always advises that 1000m per litre is common.Also any sugestions how to reduce it
Paul
Some use oil and some don't I think a lot may be to do with when they are built. Generally cars will have 3 tolerances on Bore and Piston size, I have a feeling that some cars may be assembled with smallest piston tolerance to largest Bore and hence use a bit more oil.
I have ran many Audi's My first 2.8 20v Quattro used about 1 ltr per thousand miles. The next S4 never used any, 2 x 2.0 Tdi's.. one used oil and one didn't. My current 2.0t FSi doesn't.
Its never a problem as long as you check the oil once per week.
N
i have a first generation S4 and it has a bit of a thirst as well, a litre per 1000miles is frightening, mostly down to the breather setup i believe. The crankcase breather spits it out under a bit of boot, varies on the engine but it goes back in at the throttle body on some cars. There was a thread on s2forum (numerous of experiments with a catch tank). brand new tank, idle car, check tank nothing, take car for a 2-3 mile drive and boot it 2-3 times and 50ml in the bottom of the tank, so that should answer why it does it i would hope. Assuming Audi still have the same breather setup.
The good news to a degree is that its fairly likely the engine isnt burning it, that freaked me out for the first few months of ownership!
The good news to a degree is that its fairly likely the engine isnt burning it, that freaked me out for the first few months of ownership!
istoo said:
FamilyDub said:
VAG suggest 1L of oil per 1,000 kilometres is acceptable use.
really?! that is a fair old whack. I wonder if a car would get to the end of its long life programme without running the sump dry!I've been using a litre every 2,500-3,000 miles over the last two years.
garyhun said:
996GT2 said:
garyhun said:
R8 uses a lot of oil too.
Mine's getting through about 1L per 1000 miles. Be interesting to see how much she gets through at Silverstone in Feb.
Seriously though.... will be interesting (well, mildly 
).Looking forward to seeing how it goes on the track, going with a group of about 10 911s all of which will be trying to prove to me that I made a mistake buying the R8
istoo said:
FamilyDub said:
VAG suggest 1L of oil per 1,000 kilometres is acceptable use.
really?! that is a fair old whack. I wonder if a car would get to the end of its long life programme without running the sump dry!
996GT2 said:
garyhun said:
996GT2 said:
garyhun said:
R8 uses a lot of oil too.
Mine's getting through about 1L per 1000 miles. Be interesting to see how much she gets through at Silverstone in Feb. Seriously though.... will be interesting (well, mildly ).Looking forward to seeing how it goes on the track, going with a group of about 10 911s all of which will be trying to prove to me that I made a mistake buying the R8
heightswitch said:
istoo said:
FamilyDub said:
VAG suggest 1L of oil per 1,000 kilometres is acceptable use.
really?! that is a fair old whack. I wonder if a car would get to the end of its long life programme without running the sump dry!
Dr G said:
heightswitch said:
istoo said:
FamilyDub said:
VAG suggest 1L of oil per 1,000 kilometres is acceptable use.
really?! that is a fair old whack. I wonder if a car would get to the end of its long life programme without running the sump dry!Gassing Station | Audi, Seat, Skoda & VW | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff