How do you know which polo GTIs are affected from high oil usage?

[ATYPIC]

You poor soul.

How do you tell which ones? Look for the GTI badge on the back of it. Get rid of it before it costs you an arm and a leg. That's what we'll be doing with ours as soon as the lease is up.

Wowee...what an imperious attitude you have...telling someone to get rid of their new car just because you clearly have salt in your own wounds

[Veeduby]

Statutory Warranty. There's plenty of threads about oil consumption & your consumer rights.

You don't even know if you have a problem yet. Cart before horse.

Yep this. But for your own peace of mind just buy a 1L top up bottle from VW/somewhere and stick it in your boot - fits near the spare tyre.

[zoomda]

Wowee...what an imperious attitude you have...telling someone to get rid of their new car just because you clearly have salt in your own wounds

It is the best possible advice to give and it's not based purely on my experience. No point beating around the bush with it, getting rid of the car is the best option imo. They are rubbish. I've had two cars with that engine and gearbox and they both had inexcusable issues. Other issues with the Polo just continue, there is ALWAYS something wrong with it.

I don't base my comments solely on my experience with these vehicles either. There are enormous threads on here for high oil usage, Polo problems register, DSG issues for the 7sp DSG... and then there is the information I receive directly from VW service employees.

Yes it's not what people want to hear when they have just bought one of these vehicles but it is what they need to hear, whether you like it or not.

[iigx]

I've had my GTI 2 years on the nose now. Since my engine was replaced exactly 1 year ago i have not had a single issue with the car minus some DSG slipping which I am now used to and can thus deal with / work with. Because of this i've decided to keep my POG long term. Not really caring about resale value, but i'm also not sure about bothering with tunes and exhaust upgrades as it may create a problem that currently doesnt exist.

[car_nut]

Wowee...what an imperious attitude you have...telling someone to get rid of their new car just because you clearly have salt in your own wounds

Well said ATYPIC.

[Transporter]

Hi everyone. I just bought a 2011 Polo GTI second hand from a private seller. Everything was ok with it and he mentioned that he had the DSG updated from that recall issue they had. I just read about oil issues though and am not too sure whether my car is affected. How do you know which models are the ones with high oil consumption? Thanks!

How old was the previous owner? How was the car run in and treated may affect how much of oil it will use. Some use more some less, but for your peace of mind there is no internal combustion engine on this planet that doesn't use any oil, that's just how the things work.

A younger GTI owner maybe a bit impatient and more keen to push that GTI too soon too far, where the older/wiser maybe a bit more patient, following the manufacturer's instructions and ending with the engine that uses significantly less oil.
It's my theory anyway. We don't have a Polo GTI in our family, but we have 7 VAG cars that are almost new and not a single one has excessive oil consumption. From those, 4 cars are driven by drivers around the age of 25.

Just check your engine oil level as some suggested and take it from there. You will find soon enough if your engine is an oil drinker or not.

[zoomda]

Well said ATYPIC.

Let's see if you are singing the same tune once you have 40 000km's on the clock. You're still in the honeymoon phase.

[car_nut]

Let's see if you are singing the same tune once you have 40 000km's on the clock. You're still in the honeymoon phase.

Well its taken me 10 months to do 5,000k so if I still have the car when its done 40,000k I will be sure to get back to you.