MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Juswoo98 on June 20, 2016, 04:58:36 pm

Title: Drinking Oil
Post by: Juswoo98 on June 20, 2016, 04:58:36 pm: Filled my car up with Oil at the end of April and yesterday got a warning message on the dash that the oil was too low. Should I be filling this up every 2 months or should I get this looked at?

I'm pretty sure it never used this much oil when it was standard, but now I have stage 1 remap with Ramair induction kit and R8 coils. Not sure if this is normal or not???

Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: unzippy on June 20, 2016, 05:09:53 pm: Depends on how many miles you have done in that time frame...?
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: slix on June 20, 2016, 05:25:00 pm: What oil are you using? As after a remap it's recommended to use a slightly thicker oil.

Are you using 5w40? If not you should be. I am mapped and hardly use any oil.
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: Juswoo98 on June 21, 2016, 05:00:40 pm: I've topped up with 5w40.

I've had a remap done but didn't think it should drink that much. Is there anything I should be checking or could it be something else that's making it use more oil?
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: slix on June 21, 2016, 06:49:06 pm: Quote from: Juswoo98 on June 21, 2016, 05:00:40 pm
I've topped up with 5w40.

I've had a remap done but didn't think it should drink that much. Is there anything I should be checking or could it be something else that's making it use more oil?

So you have 5w30 in there and topped up with 5w40? Should only have 5w40 in there. Sorry if you do but your post wasn't clear.
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: Ricky123 on June 21, 2016, 07:57:32 pm: These engines use oil, no one can determine if your oil consumption is excessive of dates, we would need to no how many miles you've covered between top ups.

If your mapped then change the oil and use 5w40
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: Juswoo98 on June 21, 2016, 08:40:46 pm: Ok thanks. I'll try changing to 5w40 and see how I go on.
Title: Re: Drinking Oil
Post by: slix on June 21, 2016, 09:19:47 pm: And you should be checking your oil at least once a week/fortnight as it only takes a few seconds and could save your engine from a lot of damage. When the light comes on its usually too late. :happy2: