Oil!!!

MrkyMrk · 13-12-2006, 13:36

Having read a couple of posts about TFSI being thirsty on the oil front, thought I'd better check mine.

Now, I'm usually a pretty mechanically sympathetic guy, always warm up car nice and let it have a cool down. I will check tyres / oil / coolant / washer fluid etc before any significant journey - not as often as recommended but more than many bother with (present company probably excepted). Other than the occassional tyre pressure adjustment, everything has always been hunky dory. But my significant journeys have been pretty much non-existent recently. Washer fluid, tyres checked from time to time, but the always OK oil checks have slipped. So with "only" 5K miles on the clock I've popped the bonnet and found I'm in the "top up immediately" zone. That was a hell of a fright. In the last 12-or-so years of driving cars from new, I've never had to top up oil between services. In fact, I don't remember that I've ever had to do it. Ever.

Moral? Don't get blase with your regular mantenance checks. And listen to people on Briskoda.

Dunce cap for Davison...

Tom_vRS · 13-12-2006, 13:47

Its shocking how much oil all new turbocharged engines seem to use... If you are on variable you could use 4 litres before the first service - £60 on oil top ups... :gasp:

My TDCI Focus hasn't used a drop, not one drop over 7k miles though!

MrkyMrk · 13-12-2006, 13:56

My MK1 vRS never drank any, and my 90bhp 1.9 TDI Seat Vario didn't either - and I'd thought TDs were the ones to watch for oil consumption.
Like I said, this is the first car I've had that's used any - hence my misplaced complacency. It's also the first time I've had a car with "variable servicing", so wonder if that has any impact...? Appears to be within spec so reliability-wise I'm not concerned, but it's another hit on the wallet I could've done without. That Helix Ultra VX isn't exactly bargain basement stuff.

ScoobyChris · 13-12-2006, 15:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_vRS

Its shocking how much oil all new turbocharged engines seem to use...

None of my turbocharged cars has ever drunk a drop between services

Chris

Fabia 12v · 13-12-2006, 16:25

Octy 4x4... hasnt needed a drop, my golf TDI... needed about 2L in the last 7 Months.

Tom_vRS · 13-12-2006, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScoobyChris

None of my turbocharged cars has ever drunk a drop between services

Chris

Not even your PD engined Fabia which is DESIGNED to use a little oil?

Makefish · 13-12-2006, 17:07

I have just bought my 3rd 4 litre can of Castrol 'Edge' (at £43 incidently

) along with about half a dozen 1 litre ones (at £14), thererfore it has cost me a total of over two hundred quid in ten months of ownership and I'm guessing that my car is consuming the stuff at the alarming rate of over a litre a month!!.

czechmate · 13-12-2006, 17:13

[quote= That Helix Ultra VX isn't exactly bargain basement stuff.[/QUOTE]

be needing some myself soon, whats the proper grade required? ie, is it 0w 30 or 5w 40 or something else

Tom_vRS · 13-12-2006, 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Makefish

I have just bought my 3rd 4 litre can of Castrol 'Edge' (at £43 incidently

) along with about half a dozen 1 litre ones (at £14), thererfore it has cost me a total of over two hundred quid in ten months of ownership and I'm guessing that my car is consuming the stuff at the alarming rate of over a litre a month!!.

How many miles per month would you say that is? That is slightly worrying!

Makefish · 13-12-2006, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_vRS

How many miles per month would you say that is? That is slightly worrying!

I have done ridiculous mileage this year, 24,500 miles since March (when I got the car) but like you say it is still quite a lot of oil to be getting through.

I may have slightly exagerated the figures as I forgot that I did use 4.5 litres in the first service

ScoobyChris · 13-12-2006, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_vRS

Not even your PD engined Fabia which is DESIGNED to use a little oil?

Nope!

HTH

Chris

MrkyMrk · 13-12-2006, 18:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by czechmate

be needing some myself soon, whats the proper grade required? ie, is it 0w 30 or 5w 40 or something else

This is the info you need:
http://www.briskoda.net/forums/new-o...07-00-a/55476/

czechmate · 14-12-2006, 21:27

thanks for that mrkymrk

dan123 · 14-12-2006, 22:36

£14/litre

don't go for cheaper or your car will require its service sooner

13-12-2006, 13:36	#1
MrkyMrk Briskodian Join Date: May 2003 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 912 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Oil!!! Having read a couple of posts about TFSI being thirsty on the oil front, thought I'd better check mine. Now, I'm usually a pretty mechanically sympathetic guy, always warm up car nice and let it have a cool down. I will check tyres / oil / coolant / washer fluid etc before any significant journey - not as often as recommended but more than many bother with (present company probably excepted). Other than the occassional tyre pressure adjustment, everything has always been hunky dory. But my significant journeys have been pretty much non-existent recently. Washer fluid, tyres checked from time to time, but the always OK oil checks have slipped. So with "only" 5K miles on the clock I've popped the bonnet and found I'm in the "top up immediately" zone. That was a hell of a fright. In the last 12-or-so years of driving cars from new, I've never had to top up oil between services. In fact, I don't remember that I've ever had to do it. Ever. Moral? Don't get blase with your regular mantenance checks. And listen to people on Briskoda. Dunce cap for Davison... __________________ *Mark*

13-12-2006, 13:47	#2
Tom_vRS Briskodaholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fenland, Cambridgeshire Posts: 10,716 Thanks: 556 Thanked 361 Times in 243 Posts	Re: Oil!!! Its shocking how much oil all new turbocharged engines seem to use... If you are on variable you could use 4 litres before the first service - £60 on oil top ups... :gasp: My TDCI Focus hasn't used a drop, not one drop over 7k miles though! __________________ 97/R BMW 328i in Boston Green. << Clickable for boring info. My Journal

13-12-2006, 13:56	#3
MrkyMrk Briskodian Join Date: May 2003 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 912 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Oil!!! My MK1 vRS never drank any, and my 90bhp 1.9 TDI Seat Vario didn't either - and I'd thought TDs were the ones to watch for oil consumption. Like I said, this is the first car I've had that's used any - hence my misplaced complacency. It's also the first time I've had a car with "variable servicing", so wonder if that has any impact...? Appears to be within spec so reliability-wise I'm not concerned, but it's another hit on the wallet I could've done without. That Helix Ultra VX isn't exactly bargain basement stuff. __________________ *Mark*

13-12-2006, 16:25	#5
Fabia 12v RICHARD Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Twickenham - Middlesex Posts: 4,931 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Oil!!! Octy 4x4... hasnt needed a drop, my golf TDI... needed about 2L in the last 7 Months. __________________ First Car: Skoda Fabia MK1 1.2 12v Comfort Replaced with: Volkswagen Golf MK4 GT 1.9TDI Replaced with: Seat Ibiza MK4 Sport 1.9TDI Replaced with: Volkswagen Polo MK5 Ltd. Edition Sport 1.4 16v

13-12-2006, 17:07	#7
Makefish Ex-Moddy Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hampshire Posts: 7,957 Thanks: 148 Thanked 227 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Oil!!! I have just bought my 3rd 4 litre can of Castrol 'Edge' (at £43 incidently ) along with about half a dozen 1 litre ones (at £14), thererfore it has cost me a total of over two hundred quid in ten months of ownership and I'm guessing that my car is consuming the stuff at the alarming rate of over a litre a month!!. __________________ Black magic Octy II vRS MY2008 with Maxidot ~ Xenons ~ Cruise ~ Light Assist ~ Dual Zone Climate Control ~ Rain Sensing Wipers ~ MFD2 Satellite Navigation ~ VAG Bluetooth Phone Kit ~ Milltek Exhaust with 2.75" Downpipe ~ EVOM Ram Air Intake ~ Nuespeed Shortshifter ~ Eibach Rear ARB ~ Koni FSD Dampers ~ Eibach Springs ~ Forge Front Mounted Twintercooler ~ Nuespeed Hi-Flo Intercooler Pipe ~ Nuespeed Hi-Flo Turbo Outlet Pipe ~ Eurojet PCV Valve ~ Forge DV ~Autotech Hi Volume Fuel Pump ~ Nuespeed Torque Arm Insert ~ NGK Iridium Spark plugs ~ REVO Stage II+ Software ~ Matt Black Viper Stripes! Last edited by Makefish; 13-12-2006 at 17:08.

13-12-2006, 17:13	#8
czechmate Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 116 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Oil!!! [quote= That Helix Ultra VX isn't exactly bargain basement stuff.[/QUOTE] be needing some myself soon, whats the proper grade required? ie, is it 0w 30 or 5w 40 or something else

14-12-2006, 21:27	#13
czechmate Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 116 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Oil!!! thanks for that mrkymrk

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