Oil Consumption

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Oil Consumption

Post by michael150 » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:07 pm

Guy's whats the average I've added a litre in around 6 weeks, which has included some sporting drives !
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RE: Oil Consumption

Post by Phil3103 » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:42 pm

I'd be interested to know if anyone has had an official guide from Audi on this issue?
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Post by P_G » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:53 pm

Minimum tolerance from Audi is a litre every 600 miles. Aything less is an issue, more is deemed within tolerance. Myself, I drop 1-1.5 litres in every 2.5-3k miles, may change now that I am changing the oil out every 500 miles though.
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Post by Phil3103 » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:57 pm

PG, are you dropping the oil and re-filling with new stuff every 500 miles? Presumably you're not changing the oil filter at the same time?
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Post by P_G » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:36 pm

sorry, typo, 500 should have been 5000 as in 5k
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Post by Phil3103 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:11 pm

Phew! I was just trying to do the maths working out whether my oil bill was about to get higher than my fuel bill! lol.
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Post by RS6chris! » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:04 pm

Ive been through a litre in 1000miles before!! These engines like a drink....good job ive got a company fuel card!!! lol....
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Post by ArthurPE » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:54 am

I use ~1/2 liter in 5000 miles...
top of at oil change, usually mid stick after 5000...
haven't ever had to add oil...
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Post by Nib » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:25 pm

After 21k miles my oil consumption has dropped to almost nil. Still changing mid-service though, roughly every 7500 miles..........
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Post by BlingBling » Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:00 pm

Nib wrote:After 21k miles my oil consumption has dropped to almost nil. Still changing mid-service though, roughly every 7500 miles..........
Very good practice. :thumbs:
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Post by tartan_rob » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:44 am

When I had mine, it was the same. Change every £4.5k miles approx and nothing in-between.
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