Excessive Oil Consumption - Replace Pistons & Rings Under Warranty

[will86_]

Did this ever get fixed?

[slam]

Did this ever get fixed?

Just picked up the car back from the dealer this afternoon - was there for 7 days for the pistons and rings to be replaced. Obviously too early to tell if that fixed the excessive oil consumption or not.

Not too impressed with the lack of attention to detail - quite a few of the cables / tubes in the engine bay were not pushed back into the lugs.

[will86_]

Just picked up the car back from the dealer this afternoon - was there for 7 days for the pistons and rings to be replaced. Obviously too early to tell if that fixed the excessive oil consumption or not.

Not too impressed with the lack of attention to detail - quite a few of the cables / tubes in the engine bay were not pushed back into the lugs.

Thanks for the update. I hope your issue with the oil consumption is resolved though. Time will tell.

[Lucas_R]

A girl at work has an Audi A4 2.0TSi 2011 model (same engine as Mk6 GTi) and it was drinking oil like no tomorrow. About a year ago, she got approval from Audi to rebuild the engine with new pistons and rings and the oil consumption is slightly better according to her feedback, but it still drinks a considerable amount.

For 1L every 18-20k km i wouldnt bother getting the engine pulled apart to be honest.

Seeing this thread was bumped - may as well update on my work collegues Audi A4 2.0TSI as its the same engine as the Mk6 GTI. The pistons were replaced a bit over a year ago, but the engine was still going through a lot of oil.

Recently she had some more issues with the engine and the head was deemed faulty for whatever reason and replaced by Audi. So basically now she has a brand new engine.

[slam]

Have done just over 700km with the new pistons & rings. Checked the dip stick last night and the oil level hasn't changed at all. Based on the previous consumption rate, I would have used nearly 500mL of oil by now which would have been obvious on the dip stick.

So I guess it's good news - the new pistons and rings seem to have fixed my high oil consumption problem.

Will report back again with more ks on the clock.

[coolperson]

HI fellow, Hope threadstarter dont mind me hijacking this thread.

I do experience this problem of 1L being consumed every 2000KM.

Wonder if anyone experience this as well?

Because apparently my dealer said it "Normal"

[Bel]

I think that is deemed as acceptable... Not sure. I never really had the oil consumption test - gave up on it and actually trying to get them to acknowledge it.
I get my car serviced every 7500kms, but not from the dealer anymore. Keep a 1L bottle of oil in the boot (fits in little side pocket perfectly) and I easily go though that every few thousand kms. Joys of VW but yes I will buy VW again maybe, but it will be an R.
I still love my car and wash is every weekend and get a smile on my face when taking off from the lights
Oh and the recall on the DSG seems to have made it shudder worse! - clutch packs replace twice prior.. And water pump twice as well hahaha joys of new car ownership!

[will86_]

Have done just over 700km with the new pistons & rings. Checked the dip stick last night and the oil level hasn't changed at all. Based on the previous consumption rate, I would have used nearly 500mL of oil by now which would have been obvious on the dip stick.

So I guess it's good news - the new pistons and rings seem to have fixed my high oil consumption problem.

Will report back again with more ks on the clock.

Cool man. Keep us updated. Gives me a bit more hope as my car is going in for an oil consumption reading this Monday.

[will86_]

Got my car back from an oil consumption test/reading. Was surprised to find my car only consumed 0.1L per 1000kms. I'm always topping her up every 1000-2000kms as the dip stick always reads low... I'm beginning to wonder if dipstick reader is inaccurate! Doing another 1000k oil consumption test...

[Ideo]

My r is nearly at 100,000kms and hardly drops below the max line in 10,000kms.

Get an r. The extra fuel is balanced out by less oil.

[slam]

Cool man. Keep us updated. Gives me a bit more hope as my car is going in for an oil consumption reading this Monday.

Another update. Have now driven over 4000km since the piston replacement, the dip stick level still hasn't moved yet. Good news.