MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Tortaruga on September 04, 2012, 07:13:07 pm
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I know this has been covered endlessly, but I've had to top up with 1 & 1/2 litres in 4500 miles which seems ridiculous. My PCV is fine and there don't seem to be any oil leaks. Car now has 42.5k miles, I bought it with 38k on it.
I presume the valves haven't seated fully which is causing this, so I'm wondering if I should do a fill with running-in oil? Has anyone tried this? Or if I rag it/Italian tune up would that help?
Cheers for any advice.
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Your lucky, i have to top up at least every 1k. Think my stem seals are foobarred
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Bloody hell and they call diesels oil burners
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my old mk5 gti had 100,000 plus on her and would not use a drop between sevices, every 12000 miles, but curent edition 30 with only 29000,on her wil use a little between services, think they get better later with more milage :signLOL:
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Oil usage isn't a bad thing (putting a few litres of clean oil in between services can only be a good thing for your engine)
The amount of oil an engine uses is generally dependant on how the engine was run in. On the new polo 1.4TSI's, the ones run in hard (high revs, load etc) use LESS oil than the ones run in gently :smiley:
My car uses around about 1 litre every 2,000 miles (although I never let it run low) so I won't be worried about your consumption :happy2:
Most VW engines use a bit of oil. You won't see it burning it (ie. Clouds of smoke) it will be very subtle
Graeme
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My ED30 uses a small amount every 2k ish, the other halfs, leon 2.0t drinks like a fish, both on similar miles, mine 46k, leon 43k. Check regularly no need to worry :happy2:
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Apparently up to 1L every 800mi is considered within spec :scared:
My A3 2.0T used loads of oil when I first got it with 21,400mi on it. It's nearer to 62k now and hardly uses any and it's not really had a hard life in my ownership
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Yep, i go from max to min in 1500 miles :P :scared:. Apparently the problem is poorly designed rings, only way to stop it is fit the revised rings. Engine should be ok.
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Also the car can lose oil through the rear pcv when on boost. Thats why you get oil in the boost hoses. There is nothing that can be done to stop that.
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I know this has been covered endlessly, but I've had to top up with 1 & 1/2 litres in 4500 miles which seems ridiculous. My PCV is fine and there don't seem to be any oil leaks. Car now has 42.5k miles, I bought it with 38k on it.
Yup, seems about right to me. I thought my Type R had a thirst for oil until I got the GTI. I had my car in at VW for a service last week and asked them to look at oil usage. Mechanic said he looked it over and was fine. He said figures of oil usage I was quoting were normal.
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My 08 ED30 never uses any between services :happy2:. My last 05 reg GTI did use a bit tho.
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My 05 plate uses nothing between services which is strange considering the amount of people with early cars saying theirs drinks quite a bit
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I read a post a few weeks ago where someone replaced his REAR PCV system and it stopped the oil consumption. May be worth a try :wink:
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Think the later 07 onwards don't have a rear one.
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My 06 plate gti used 3/4 of a litre every 1000 miles
My 57 plate edition 30 used no oil
My new 57 plate edition 30 uses a smidge i reccon, but ive not topped it up so far
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Think the later 07 onwards don't have a rear one.
I'll check but in sure the guy that replaced it was on a 57reg :ashamed: