'07 A3 2.0t Oil Consumption

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The only car that I ever had loose any significant oil EVER was the 2.0t GTI, on 
which, due to time constraints and traffic issues in Houston, I had not followed my 
usual break-in procedures.  Once I saw that nearly one quart down BS, I made sure to 
go through a week and a half of steadily increasing rpms between shifts and 
intensity of acceleration.  Luckily, no tickets, and the car didn't loose a drop for 
the next 20k miles I put on it before selling it.

Actually, that's not entirely true...both the urq and the S6 lost a quart of oil 
fast after the idiots at the dealer put 0W40 new spec oil into them, even though I 
had provided the 5W50 and filters.  Used the filters, but not the oil.  Brainless 
incompetents.  First oil change with the right oil, they both lost a little, but 
since then, nothing  after 3000-4500 miles each oil change.

Steve

On Thu Mar 25 10:26 , Grant Lenahan  sent:

>Most manufacturers consider anything under 1 Qt/L per 1000 mi "normal".  
>Now, keep in mind, this is atypical.
>
>The most important determinant in oil consumption is break-in. I have 3 
>cars at the moment and one that i got rid of not long ago.
>
>3 audis, 1 porsche.   2 audis (2.7t, 4.2) and the porsche (2.7 m96) use 
>essentially zero oil in 5-7k synthetic changes.  They were broken in by me.
>
>My mom's car, which i maintain, was broken in incorrectly ( as i found 
>out). It began life using about 1 qt/700 miles and has slowly reduced 
>that consumption over the last 15 years as it, apparently, wears in more 
>properly.
>
>I doubt consumption is "engine model" related. Its either a tolerance 
>issue in manufacturing ( rare these days) or a break-in issue. In any 
>event, 1qt/1000 if topped off regularly (like every 350 miles) will not 
>accelerate wear. It cna go decades happily, gulping oil all the way.
>
>Grant
>
>
>Jeffrey Brown wrote:
>> 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!
>>
>>   
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