So...

I put in oil untill it was at the top of the hatched marking yesterday morning, i then checked it today morning and it was halfway down the bottom bit of the dipstick.

Think this is about 1.5l?

I have covered 80 miles.

I have had it compression tested, leak down tested and also had it checked for any leaks and turbo issues.

Nothing came back suspicious.

Anything else that i can do? Anything i can check myself?

Thanks.

Craig.

Surely a car cannot lose this amount of oil without either smoking like a train or leaving a serious slick on the floor!

Was it level when you filled it up and checked it? Cold/Warm etc? As im with Devon...

It is level. Or pretty much outside my house on the pavement.

I checked it and topped it up in the same place both times both in the morning.

I can honestly say theres not smoke billowing out or any marks. I might go against a white wall and rev a bit

It can only be the turbo, or it's peeing out the bottom onto the undertray? Or the oil cooler has split and oil is going into your coolant, either way stop driving it and take it to someone that knows the Fabia well

The turbo is apprantly fine. The undertray is off and i have never seen any leak... someone else said about the oil cooler, where is it? And can i look to see if its split?

Also whats the best bet? Skoda?

Have you not got a decent independent?!

Matt

I took it too whoi thought would be able to sort it out. Regal...

Ill have a ask around on facebook etc and see if anyone can recommend anyone :(

Do you have the correct dipstick?

Do you have the correct dipstick?

I asked the same question when this subject was running in another thread.

DB.

This was my previous reply on the other thread, same car, same owner.

[Has the engine got the correct dip stick in ?

If not you may be filling to the indicated level which may be over filling it and it's throwing the surplus oil through the exhaust system thus damaging the Cat.

Just a thought.]

Did you compare/check your dipstick against a similar engine to see if it's the same length with the exact same level markings on ?

DB

Edited 9 January, 201115 yr by mogwye

How many threads you need dude

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/184195-mass-oil-usage-any-idea/page__p__2207648__fromsearch__1entry2207648

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/184842-using-1l-of-oil-every-400-500-miles/page__p__2214366__fromsearch__1entry2214366

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/186653-15l-of-oil-used-within-80-miles/page__p__2232307__fromsearch__1entry2232307

Edited 9 January, 201115 yr by Lew0-VRS

Plenty

Makes it easier so people dont read through 5 pages... Personally.

Anywhoo.

Can anyone measure the length of their dipstick... :wonder:

It needs to go in to be inspected and stripped down to find the real cause if its as bad as your saying

Its got a problem and by still using it you could be making a minor fault very costly

All these symptoms sound odd as nothing seems conclusive and if its drinking that much oil i wouldnt be driving it away from the garage till they told me what it was

I might be being daft but did you run the engine before you went for a drive to fill the filter( presuming you had just changed the oil ?)

oil does not just evaporate - It is being burned off or leaking somewhere. I would remove the engine undertray and run the car without it for a while as drips will become more obvious as they will be below the spot it is leaking.

I had a weepy oil feed pipe on my old turbo and it left drip marks everywhere I parked up, BUT I used no more than half a litre of oil in 2000 miles or more! To burn 1.5 litres in 80 miles is either a severe problem with combustion (obvious through smoke/smell/engine temps I would hope) or oil is gushing out somewhere like Niagara Falls and somehow it is being missed.

Is it parked securely at night ? Certain non-indigineous neerdowells round here have a good line in syphoning petrol - they are that desperate they even pinched a six-inch square drain cover from the residents car park.

Nick

Ide say it was securely parked.

I have the engine tray off and have left it running for 10 mins with some insualtion sheets underneath which revealed no leaks what so ever...

Am properly confused and fed up of taking it to garages and paying them to tell me they dont know whats wrong...

Will my mums tdi 130 golf have the same dipstick?

Edited 9 January, 201115 yr by Craig Lovelock

Why not go back to one of the Skoda garages you have previously visited and find a car on their parking lot, explain the situation and ask if you can compare dipsticks - guessing whether another make/model will be the same is totally pointlesss.

I also remember reading in one of your other posts that you said, no oil smoke appeared when you were in neutral doing 3.5 thousand RPM !*!*!

I know they have to do this for an MOT, but there is no way I would do that.

DB.

Edited 9 January, 201115 yr by mogwye

Why not go back to one of the Skoda garages you have previously visited and find a car on their parking lot, explain the situation and ask if you can compare dipsticks - guessing whether another make/model will be the same is totally pointlesss.

I also remember reading in one of your other posts that you said, no oil smoke appeared when you were in neutral doing 3.5 thousand RPM !*!*!

I know they have to do this for an MOT, but there is no way I would do that.

DB.

Ill take a trip down to one of the skoda garages tomoz if i get time and try compare.

And i mean as in somone just revving the car to check for smoke. It might not have been 3,5k. Just an example.

Passed the MOT test fine and have a result of 1.88 for the smoke test.

It does smoke a bit, but i cant see it justifying the amount its burning... Is it reliable to check oil on cold mornings?

When the car is under load you would see the smoke

I know you mentioned you can to afford to keep paying garages to find a fault but filling it with oil every 80miles cant be the cheapest option in the long term

I wouldnt pay a garage that hasnt given me a diagnosis for a problem im suffering until they got to the bottom of it either...

This is bonkers. Surely it's got to be burning it, though I can't see how you wouldn't notice it. I reckon 1.5L in 80 miles is 20-30% oil to 70-80% diesel!

On startup mine gives one big cloud of smoke with moderate smokiness/condensation until it warms up. Once it's up and running warm there should be little/no smoke and no hot oil smell.... Unless you stick your head under the bonnet and you've been a little sloppy filling the oil.

J.

No smoke on start up lol. Not even much white smoke when cold.

Starts a bit sheet but i put that down to the battery since its causing a low power issue on VCDS. Is fine once its been driven and restarted like first time.

Anyways.

Took the bullet and got it booked in at VW themselves for thursday.

They claim in 1 hour they will determine the problem...

My local dealer has actually been very good at finding and resolving problems. Though to be fair mine have been pretty straight forward. They've solved a few more tricky ones with the parents car, but they were unable to resolve their cold start issue (to be fair, no one has solved that yet though).

Hopefully yours are just as decent.

If you're burning oil the exhaust will be blue. Going back to original post - there is NOT 1.5 l between top and bottom of distick hatched area.