'07 A3 2.0t Oil Consumption

[Jeffrey Brown]

Howdy,

Is there any sort of established "normal" oil consumption for the 2.0t
engine on my 2007 A3 (USA)?

On a couple of occasions since I have owned it, I have gotten the oil
light on the dash, have quickly stopped, and found that the dipstick
was reading less than "min".  On both occasions I have topped off with
about 1 quart of oil to rectify the situation.

I had a scheduled maintenance at 23,251 miles on 10/9/2009 where I
expressed my concerns to the service advisor who indicated that this
was not a problem.

I'm not sure I'm convinced only because I have owned many cars from
many manufacturers and have never had oil consumption this noticeable.

The current example would be I just now added 1 quart after driving
4,000 miles since my service appointment on 10/9/2009 when I was told
it was not abnormal.

Even my crappy 1983 Pontiac Bonneville didn't burn that much oil
(granted it DID have a myriad of other issues)

Coolant appears clean and oil shows no sign of being contaminated w
coolant.  I have noticed zero oil spots in my parking space.  MPG has
not changed one way or the other since I bought it

I think this is normal, but what sounds like valve tapping has been
pretty noticeable on this engine since new.  I had the same noises on
my 2003 GTI with the 1.8t (but no oil consumption issues)

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Thanks!

-- 
Jeffrey Brown
jeffrey.r.brown at gmail.com