Guest slittley Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I have now has my 2.0T for a year in which time I have covered 12,000 miles. I must have put over 5 litres of oil in the car so far. I have never owner a car which has drunk so much oil. The dealer said that the spec for maximum oil consumption is 1 litre/1000 miles and thay my car is therefore in spec. Anyone else with the 2.0T petrol engine, how much oil is it using? Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZURES3 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Blimey thats seems quite high but seems to be within the range, I dont get how some engines use more than others. My new S3 has covered about 2,800 miles and only gone down from MAX by about 5mm from new. AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wilson Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 1900 miles on the S3 so far and the oil level hasn't moved since new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandle Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I have put 0.5l in our 2.0T and it's made it to its first service at 8.3k miles without any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1068 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I've gone through about a litre and a half in 12k and 8 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wilson Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I wonder if there is any link on these engines between how you run them in and oil consumption in a similar manner to that often reported on the 4,2l V8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo1 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Indeed, did you run it in really gently by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xedos Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 24000 miles, 1 litre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldrick Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 As an Alfa driver oil consumption seems quite normal - Alfas are designed to use oil and they even put stickers on the windscreen to that effect. However, the same engines are incredibly variable how much oil they use. My V6 used a lot in its first 1000 miles. To the extent it wouldn't have made it to the first service I am sure. Though it settled then. Nothing to worry about though and 5 litres of oil a year is just another tank of fuel. I think the worry is that something is wrong if cars use oil - as in on the way out. Yet some modern performance engines will use oil and if Audi state 1 litre per 1000 then you have loads of tolerance. Oil consumption has proven a problem for Alfas though as the genuine alfisti understand it but fleet drivers expect cars to run between services without opening the bonnet hence a lot of seized motors and Alfas reputation tarnished because drivers didn't read the owners manual. Anyway enough about Alfas, I should have a Sportback 2.0T FSI Sline on order as soon as my boss signs the order! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunbridge Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 My S3 doesn’t use any oil, yet I’ve read plenty of report of certain examples of the old 1.8T’s drinking oil heavily. Don’t think any engine will ever be exactly the same but I don’t think it is anything to worry about as long as you keep it topped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiekip Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Indeed, did you run it in really gently by any chance? [/ QUOTE ] Where are you going with this - is there a known trend between gentle running in versus driving it as you would any other???? I'm going through the running in period now, trying to stay below 4k rpm. The guy who delivered it did say, running in on the engine not really an issue, it's just a case of bedding everything else in. What do you know?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wilson Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 There is a school of thought (quite valid in my opinion) that the early miles on an engine are the most critical and that in order to obtain the best seal between pistons and cylinder bores you need to load up the engine when it is new, ie carry out a few reasonable hard acceleration runs, then drive the car normally without overdoing things until it has had a few miles put on it. There was very good American Website which went into it in great detail, but I cant remember the URL for the site, perhaps someone else can point you in the right direction. Suffice to say that in a lot of cases, those who did this "hard" run in, the engines performed better and use less oil than those who followed the normal manufacturers run-in advice. As I said in an earlier post the S4 V8 engine seems to be prone to this issue, so perhaps it is more common on other Audi engines. For myself as I said, I followed this approach for my current S3 and todate it hasn't used any oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Mine has used less than 1 litre in 19k miles. As mentioned before I think the best thing to run in is to keep the revs down in the first few hundred miles with no major revs but at the same time don't load it up either by using really low revs. Then start extending things until after 1k miles you give it full beans as much as you like. I've done that will all of mine and never a problem. Don't rag the nuts of them but don't labour them either is the best IMO. The red line isn't to be worried about but just not in the very early days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeDesmo Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 [ QUOTE ] There is a school of thought (quite valid in my opinion) that the early miles on an engine are the most critical and that in order to obtain the best seal between pistons and cylinder bores you need to load up the engine when it is new, ie carry out a few reasonable hard acceleration runs, then drive the car normally without overdoing things until it has had a few miles put on it. [/ QUOTE ] I've always done this and always had 'good' engines that didn't use much oil (with the exception of a BMW which had 'Nikasil' issues), I had to top up my A3 with a small amount of oil (less than 1/2 litre) in the first few months but not had to add any more since in almost 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wilson Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Here's that US web site which gives details of the "alternative" break in method http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiekip Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Very different schools of thought here - thanks for the info guys. Not sure which approach I'll take! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slittley Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Indeed, did you run it in really gently by any chance? [/ QUOTE ] The engine has been run in very gently. I drive very sedately. I managed 39mpg on my 20-mile journey to work this morning which is not far from being typical. The oil I have been using is Castrol Edge which cost me over £40 at Halfords for just 4 litres. Are there any less expensive oils of the same grade that I could be using? Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZURES3 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 39 MPG, blimey my average is 21. I have not seem more than 24 MPG in the S3 but I dont hang about. AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livall Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I ran my engine in as per the manual - keep it below 2/3 of maximim revs for the first 1000 kilometers, then gradually increase the revs. I did not redline it until I had covered 1000 miles. My car has now covered 14000 miles and I've had to top it up with 1.5 litres of oil so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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