Are You Using Oil?

[WatchcamGTI]

So many lies! Love VW to come on here and defend themselves.

[tt509]

mine is back in vw on 23 may when i get back from worthersee

[Stugolf1]

mine is back in vw on 23 may when i get back from worthersee

Is that for oil consumption issues still?

[tt509]

mine is back in vw on 23 may when i get back from worthersee

Is that for oil consumption issues still?

yes it not bin to bad till the last week or two

[stuart.cameron]

When the oil light comes on how much oil is left in the car? The dealer couldnt tell me this but he did tell me it holds 3.6 litres when full.

[kawabanga]

When the oil light comes on how much oil is left in the car? The dealer couldnt tell me this but he did tell me it holds 3.6 litres when full.

Look at the first two lines of the pic.
The yellow light is setted to warn at 35mm, my current level at the moment of the pic was 50.8mm (about 2mm under max level), when full is 55mm.
If the total oil is 3.6 liters (55mm), when the light comes (35mm) it means that you still have about 2.3 liters...

Am I right?

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[skipster]

Yes - I agree with your calculation Kawabanga, clearly the dipstick markings are defined such to try and avoid the level getting dangerously low, so "empty" on the dipstick is not necessarily a sign that the engine is out of oil completely. However even running it low would increase engine wear and the systems in place (engine management) would probably soon shut the engine down anyway.

[stuart.cameron]

Yes - I agree with your calculation Kawabanga, clearly the dipstick markings are defined such to try and avoid the level getting dangerously low, so "empty" on the dipstick is not necessarily a sign that the engine is out of oil completely. However even running it low would increase engine wear and the systems in place (engine management) would probably soon shut the engine down anyway.

When the oil light comes on how much oil is left in the car? The dealer couldnt tell me this but he did tell me it holds 3.6 litres when full.

Look at the first two lines of the pic.
The yellow light is setted to warn at 35mm, my current level at the moment of the pic was 50.8mm (about 2mm under max level), when full is 55mm.
If the total oil is 3.6 liters (55mm), when the light comes (35mm) it means that you still have about 2.3 liters...

Am I right?

Cheers Boys!

[stuart.cameron]

VW put my car on an oil consumption test this morning!

[Hurdy]

The volume consumption isn't linear. 55mm will be 3.6litres but the first portion of the 55mm at the top has mechanical parts incorporated in the volume, the lower section doesn't. Not be far off though at 35mm.

[skipster]

Nothing new too report but will say it anyway, saw one of those big clouds of oil smoke out the exhaust today when driving along, I can always sense when it is going to do this as the engine does not seem quite so smooth. I did not think it ran that well today. It did have one bonus, the BMW X3 which was fairly close on my tail backed off considerably when the smoke came out, I think it shocked him!

[Stugolf1]

Due to my situation with my car and what VW are saying (no repair available) it would interesting to see what advice anyone who goes to their dealer gets?

[George H]

My Polo went in today and now I have to do 500 miles and then book it in again. The woman from the service department also mentioned how there isn't a problem with the 1.4 TSI engine and it's only been very few cases

Made me appreciate my car a lot more having a little 1.2 basic courtesy car, my god it was s**t.

[stuart.cameron]

Does anyone know once the oil reaches the orange ball at the bottom of the dip stick how much oil the car would of used?

My Polo went in today and now I have to do 500 miles and then book it in again. The woman from the service department also mentioned how there isn't a problem with the 1.4 TSI engine and it's only been very few cases

Made me appreciate my car a lot more having a little 1.2 basic courtesy car, my god it was ****.

If your VW garage aren't saying it's a problem call VW Customer Care they will sort you out with oil until there's a fix!

[gavs]

The oil level is measured by the level in the sump by the 2 sump sensors, forget about the dipstick for this comparison. The level that the dipstick measures, as I have now said maybe 3 times before (definitley twice) is the very top 1000mls of the oil level. This is why they tell you to fill up once the level gets too low on the dipstick. I can tell you that when running, that oil level drops considerably, to the tune of about 10mm. You have many, many critical components that need that oil to be at a safe level, the turbo, supercharger, pistons, valvetrain etc, even the piston cooling squirters.

If you leave it until the oil light comes on, then you are really playing with fire. There is a reason that VW tell you all what level the oil should be at, regardless of consumption. You mess with this info, then there will be no sympathy when a warranty claim gets rejected.

DO NOT LET THE LEVEL FALL BELLOW THE DIPSTICK. IT IS REALLY THAT SIMPLE.