'07 A3 2.0t Oil Consumption

[Cody Forbes]

I'll add that there is no real reason to believe that the dealership  
"tech" (they use that term loosely for the mostly idiots that are paid  
to rush jobs and cut corners) put the right volume of oil in. Many  
times oil changes are given to the low man on the totem pole who needs  
to do 10 a day to make a worthwhile paycheck so he never bothers to  
actually check the oil level.

Don't think I'm talking bad about all dealer techs, there are good  
ones that care. It's just that the very nature of the beast that is  
the flat-rate paying dealership which breeds idiots.

-Cody (mobile)

On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:35 PM, Andrée-Anne Bourgeois  
<laraa at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Two comments :
>
> 1- An heavy foot will consume more oil. That's just the way it is  
> with a
> turbo engine (IME).
>
> 2- Some cars are more prone to oil consumption, especially in city  
> driving
> where the oil separator device can not reach operating temperature  
> or vacuum
> is too strong or something else. I don't know the exact reason, but  
> this was
> a problem when I was at Renault, and it is a known problem on the  
> Saab 2.3
> engine that we own.
>
> More, some oils are more prone to vaporize, so this augment the  
> preceding
> sentences.
>
> We have this heavy oil consumption here in cold Montreal, it's just  
> a fact.
> Madame don’t have the same problem, but when I drive her car for a p 
> eriod of
> time, oil consumption augment significantly. Her car is a turbo  
> Saab. My
> 1983 urQuattro with a freshly rebuilt turbo engine drinks oil when I  
> take
> her to a lapping session (at the ice racing track) but is otherwise  
> totally
> normal.
>
> But every now and then, the press cars I drive are low on oil, even  
> if they
> are always new cars. I justify this on the driving style of the other
> journalists, (not mine, obviously...:-)) hence my conclusions above.  
> The
> last one that blipped the oil light was a 2009 535xi, a six cylinder  
> turbo
> engine with less than 10 000 miles.
>
> About valve tapping, are you sure it is valve noise ? These 2.0T  
> produce
> much noise from the injectors, specially the direct injection newer
> versions. Valve tap noise should clear after a few seconds, unless  
> there is
> a mechanical problem
>
> Louis-Alain
> Montreal
>
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro- 
> bounces at audifans.com] De
> la part de Jeffrey Brown
> Envoyé : 20 mars 2010 18:26
> À : quattro at audifans.com
> Objet : '07 A3 2.0t Oil Consumption
>
> 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
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