Audi Service, continued

[Fringe Ryder <fringe@fringeweb.com>]

I've been through the same thing... oil was way low, discovered that the
car was burning it, AoA had Barrier MEASURE it.  It came in right at about
1qt/K.  Since this is the first car I've ever had that actually burnt oil
(well, I had a '67 Mustang that needed a ring job, but after I got the
engine rebuilt it stopped), I consider this a -bad thing-.  However,
Barrier tells me that Porsches, Jags, and Audis all share that characteristic.

Fringe
'97 A4Q 2.8L with 18.4K miles on it.

>- -----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>
>To: twain mein <twain@rocketmail.com>
>Cc: Quattro List <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
>Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 6:00 PM
>Subject: Re: Audi Service, continued
>
>
>>Hairy green toads from Mars made twain mein say:
>>
>>> As you may recall, I was extremely peeved--and
>>> figured that Carlsen had neglected to fill the oil at
>>> the 7500 mile change; I had to add two quarts after
>>> driving only 2400 miles after the oil change.
>>>
>>> So, I finally called Carlsen to see what they would
>>> say; I tried to trap the service manager by saying:
>>> "How bad is it if your '98 Audi A4 has been running
>>> two quarts low"
>
>>> His response "Not a problem; the A4 typically burns
>>> about a quart per 800 to 1500 miles. It isn't a
>>> problem at all".
>>> After he said this, I explained that my car had used
>>> 2 quarts in 2400 miles and he reiterated that this is
>>> not abnormal for the A4 quatt.
>>
>>My 90Q20V is spec'd to burn up to 1-2 liters/3000 miles.
>>It typically does....
>>
>>--
>>
>>Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com
>
>
>    Wow, these oil consumptions are incredible. My '91 200q uses 1/2 litre
>every 8000 km at 250k km on the car. The oil is dark amber at oil change
>(8000 km), not jet black like my North American vehicles. My '86 5kcstq was
>the same; it used no oil at 180k km and the oil did not come out black
>either. I've always been impressed with Audi's low oil usage and the
>cleanliness of the oil; I put it down to good piston sealing and oil
>control. I always thought 800 miles per quart of oil was rebuild time!
>
>Fred Munro
>'91 200q  253k km
>