Re: Audi Service, continued

[Fringe Ryder <fringe@fringeweb.com>]

According to Audi and to Barrier, a quart-per-thousand is within normal
operational parameters.  That doesn't mean they all burn that much oil, and
mine didn't seem to burn any until they had to crack it to fix noisy lifters.

Regards

At 11:46 PM 6/2/98  -0400, s1wood@ibm.net wrote:
>I'm not sure if I follow this..  My CQ is never more than a half quart low
>when I do oil changes (about every 4-5k miles w/ Mobil 1).  Is a quart per
>thousand or even a quart per 2-3k normal?
>
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>> From: Fringe Ryder <fringe@fringeweb.com>
>> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>> Subject: Audi Service, continued
>> Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 9:08 AM
>> 
>> 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
>> >
>> 
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