How much oil do you generally use in 10 k miles or so say in between oil changes? Thanks
VWcheats
2011 3.6 VR6. Approx. 1 litre/5k miles. Not too bad as I've read that others go through twice as much or more than that. Still sucks though.
Oil consumption is affected by a huge number of variables.
e,g, to name a few....
1.engine ring wear and oil lost through excessive oil in the combustion due to poor oil ring scraper performance
2.engine valve stem seal and valve guide wear and oil lost down the valve stems
3. oil type used and it viscosity at varying temperatures and age
4. driving style - maximum throttle enjoy the power versus minimum throttle maximise mileage
5. trip type - short city trips versus long highway journeys
6. engine type diesel versus petrol and amount of condensation in the oil of fuel and water vapour
7. engine type turbo versus naturally aspirated and hoe this affects pressures in various parts of the engine
8. random variation in build tolerance and especially piston ring versus cylinder bore fit and bore honing and in running in variation experienced by the engine
9. condition of engine breather and amount of oil lost in blow by gas venting .
10. condition of turbo bearing seals and oil lost form turbo if you have one
11. etc
12. etc
................I can bore you with more possible cause of variation but you get my point I hope
So the reported oil consumption above is all with normally expected variation for engines in acceptable condition. This is the reason that dealers will also say "Sir that is normal oil consumption"..... no matter what the number and even when the engine is obviously totally stuffed
The real question is when should I do something about the oil consumption I am experiencing and the answer is when it affects the operability of the vehicle significantly from a cost, reliability or performance perspective depending on what's important to you and how much it will cost to make it acceptable again. The cost of making it acceptable can be high or can be trivial depending on the specific circumstance of an individual person and individual car
cheers
Rohan
e,g, to name a few....
1.engine ring wear and oil lost through excessive oil in the combustion due to poor oil ring scraper performance
2.engine valve stem seal and valve guide wear and oil lost down the valve stems
3. oil type used and it viscosity at varying temperatures and age
4. driving style - maximum throttle enjoy the power versus minimum throttle maximise mileage
5. trip type - short city trips versus long highway journeys
6. engine type diesel versus petrol and amount of condensation in the oil of fuel and water vapour
7. engine type turbo versus naturally aspirated and hoe this affects pressures in various parts of the engine
8. random variation in build tolerance and especially piston ring versus cylinder bore fit and bore honing and in running in variation experienced by the engine
9. condition of engine breather and amount of oil lost in blow by gas venting .
10. condition of turbo bearing seals and oil lost form turbo if you have one
11. etc
12. etc
................I can bore you with more possible cause of variation but you get my point I hope
So the reported oil consumption above is all with normally expected variation for engines in acceptable condition. This is the reason that dealers will also say "Sir that is normal oil consumption"..... no matter what the number and even when the engine is obviously totally stuffed
The real question is when should I do something about the oil consumption I am experiencing and the answer is when it affects the operability of the vehicle significantly from a cost, reliability or performance perspective depending on what's important to you and how much it will cost to make it acceptable again. The cost of making it acceptable can be high or can be trivial depending on the specific circumstance of an individual person and individual car
cheers
Rohan
So I guess is the answer is all over the lot. I got the first oil light ever on my last trip at about 6K mile mark after oil change I did a number of long trips which put the mileage on the car. Put a half quart in and continued the trip nothing more so far. I hate not having a dipstick. Car is a 2016 TDI with 20K miles. BTW it was first registered in 2018. First time I've ever had a oil light, it might have been a error light.
May have been a fluke. Weird things happen. I was low on oil between changes a FEW times ever in the life of this car. 99% of the time my adblue makes it in between oil changes but it seems once per year it doesn't make the whole way and needs an in-between top off. Just completely strange random things sometimes.
I change the oil in my 2016 TDI every 10K miles, and it is usually about 1 liter low at that time. 110,000 miles (75% highway, 5% towing a 6,000 lb trailer).
I have a 2016 V6 with 72k on it. Just completed a cross country trip all highway miles averaging 85MPH on the highway. Ended up putting 10.5k on it between oil changes and used zero (0) oil between changes. 2 years ago I was using oil and found out one of my valve cover gaskets was bad. Had it replaced and haven't used any oil between changes since. I'm using 5X30 Castro Synthetic oil FYI.
Hope this helps... Good Luck!
Hope this helps... Good Luck!
I have a 2016 with about 60k miles and I recently have started to need to put in a quart between oil changes at 10k. I was concerned at first as this didn’t happen when I first got the car at 32k miles. The VW service people told me that’s normal and I have seen others as mentioned above with similar oil use. I am watching it carefully as it’s still under the extended warranty and if something is going bad I want to have that identified/fixed prior to expiration of the warranty.
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