RE: oil usage

[David Eaton <David.Eaton@COMPUTERLAND.CO.NZ>]

i assume that you mean 5k miles?  i change oil at the 12 month rate due
to lack of miles on both cars.  the result is that the oil in my audi's
is "thinner" i'm sure.  a good hard run, followed by a top-up seems to
be enough to keep 'em happy.

both cars seem to use mobil 1 at about the same rate. 1 litre every
2-3,000 km's. after frequent early conversations about this sort of
thing with my earlier cars, i have absolutley no concerns about this
usage. i was told by an audi (germany) mechanic that the 20v heads will
promote more oil usage due to the oil feed design/ valve seals etc - the
owners manual talks about 1 litre every 1,000km being 'normal'.

cheers,
dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk [SMTP:quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk]
>Sent:	Thursday, January 08, 1998 8:37 PM
>To:	David Eaton
>Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	quattro-digest V4 #1585
>
>In message
><c=NZ%a=_%p=COMPUTERLAND%l=CLWLG01-980108015436Z-1561@mail.computerland.co.nz
>> David Eaton writes:
>
>> you are using oil all the time.  your use can be disguised by a number
>> of things.  most commonly by the dilution of combustion products (and
>> water) in the oil, particularly for those cars used for shorter trips
>> where the oil doesn't get up to normally operating temperatures.  you
>> usually notice this by a sudden drop in your oil level after the first
>> good long hard run you take in the car.  the oil level drops because
>> you're getting rid of the water and other condensate in the oil. cars
>> with frequent oil changes and mainly city use may never see significant
>> *use*, because of this effect disguising usage.
>
>I assure you there are no such effects on my MB engine - it works long and
>hard 
>between 5k oil changes, and I take out pretty much exactly what I put in.
>The 
>level doesn't change between oil changes.
>
>-- 
> Phil Payne
> Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club