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No oil usage in 12mths / 23,000km
Almost at 23,000km and a couple of weeks shy of 1 year of ownership, the Mark 6 GTI has not used any oil. The GTI did not use any oil up to first service: 0 – 15,000km. In the 8,000km from 15,000km – 23,000km, on synthetic oil and with added city use, albeit on weekends, had me thinking the EA888 in the MK6 GTI would start using a bit of oil. Not the case so far. Very impressed with this aspect of the Mark 6 GTI and newer EA888 motor. The older MKV GTI would’ve used a little bit of synthetic oil with mixed use driving and some harder use on extended hill climbs that can see oil temps up to 115 - 120 degrees – probably about 50-100ml per 1,000km on the older MKV GTI.
Not sure whether the EA888 motor is softer or harder than the earlier EA113 motor, but understand that the EA888 was developed in conjunction with metallurgy experts to ensure that the pistons, rings and block expand at about the same rate, helping limit oil usage. Claim appears to be true in my case with the MK6 GTI.
Other issues that contribute to low oil usage are likely to be: No short trips of less than 20 min ensure motor reaches proper operating temp of 100 degrees Celsius (95-105 is the preferred band as the thermostat is closed under 95 degrees and completely open at 105 degrees for the GTI). The proper operating temps help blow out the unburnt recirculated gases that is fed back into the motor when warming up. Frequent short journeys can often affect the oil with this crap.
I thought that the predominately touring/country driving I did helped with oil consumption in the first period of 0 – 15,000km. In the 8,000km of recent driving in terms of operating time, half the time is spent in city driving (albeit on weekends in or around the CBD/Eastern Suburbs/South Coast) with the average speed is only about 30kph, which means no oil usage in either country or city driving so far. Very happy. The exhaust scavenging waste-gate rattle hasn’t improved or worsened. Can’t have your cake and eat it too I guess.
Cheers.
WJ
Almost at 23,000km and a couple of weeks shy of 1 year of ownership, the Mark 6 GTI has not used any oil. The GTI did not use any oil up to first service: 0 – 15,000km. In the 8,000km from 15,000km – 23,000km, on synthetic oil and with added city use, albeit on weekends, had me thinking the EA888 in the MK6 GTI would start using a bit of oil. Not the case so far. Very impressed with this aspect of the Mark 6 GTI and newer EA888 motor. The older MKV GTI would’ve used a little bit of synthetic oil with mixed use driving and some harder use on extended hill climbs that can see oil temps up to 115 - 120 degrees – probably about 50-100ml per 1,000km on the older MKV GTI.
Not sure whether the EA888 motor is softer or harder than the earlier EA113 motor, but understand that the EA888 was developed in conjunction with metallurgy experts to ensure that the pistons, rings and block expand at about the same rate, helping limit oil usage. Claim appears to be true in my case with the MK6 GTI.
Other issues that contribute to low oil usage are likely to be: No short trips of less than 20 min ensure motor reaches proper operating temp of 100 degrees Celsius (95-105 is the preferred band as the thermostat is closed under 95 degrees and completely open at 105 degrees for the GTI). The proper operating temps help blow out the unburnt recirculated gases that is fed back into the motor when warming up. Frequent short journeys can often affect the oil with this crap.
I thought that the predominately touring/country driving I did helped with oil consumption in the first period of 0 – 15,000km. In the 8,000km of recent driving in terms of operating time, half the time is spent in city driving (albeit on weekends in or around the CBD/Eastern Suburbs/South Coast) with the average speed is only about 30kph, which means no oil usage in either country or city driving so far. Very happy. The exhaust scavenging waste-gate rattle hasn’t improved or worsened. Can’t have your cake and eat it too I guess.
Cheers.
WJ
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