A3 - oil consumption - Page 3

I purchase the Pentosin from ECS and always keep an extra quart around.   However, both the Mobil 1 and Castrol Sythetic are good choices.
 
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I'll look for these, thanks!
My 2000 S4 wasn't very picky about the kind of oil.

Question regarding oil,

I cannot find the recommended 5W 40, so I bought a couple quarts 0w 40.  Which is the 2nd choice in the manual to use. 

I just had an oil change from the dealer a couple weeks ago, they said they use 5w 40.

Now if I have to add a quart sometime down the road, can I use the 0w 40 that I purchased?  And would that matter much to MIX with the 5w 40?

Will not matter, as long as you keep it to par level o w, or 5 w.
Problems occur when the low oil alarm goes off and is disregarded.

Did my first oil change last week at about 2500 miles. Oil level was down a full quart. I am now using Mobil-1 0-40 and had a custom reflash (265hp, 295ft-lb) done as well. Interesting to see if the oil consumption changes.

Why did you replace your oil at 2500miles?   Even heavily modified the oil doesn't need to be changed more than every 5k miles or so.   It won't hurt anything, but it seems expensive and not necessary.
 
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I guess I'm a little old school. This is actually the longest I've ever gone for the first oil service on a new car. Considering it is turbocharged, and I do drive it hard, and it was down a quart anyway, what the hell. I have a full service facility at my disposal so it was a no-brainer. I'll probably go about 4-5K between changes moving forward.

Sounds reasonable.

Just had my 10K oil change at dealer. I was informed that "it's normal for the Audi engine to consume about a half quart every 3K miles". I was really surprised. My A3 does consume about that amount. The dealer informed me "it was mostly due to the turbo." I find this unsettling. If this is normal for the 2.0 FSI engine for performance issues. I wish Audi would inform it's consumers with a service bulletin addressing this issue.

Totally normal.   You are more informed than most because you are a forum member.   It would make sense for them to instruct people to pay attention to their oil levels.   Any previous turbo owner would be aware of that though.
 
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My 07 DSG S-line with 2000 miles has consumed about 1/4 quart thus far.  Based on the comments I've read, oil consumption appears to increase between 5k and 10k.  I'll be keeping a close eye on the dipstick.

This is the second turbo car I've owned.  First was a 2001 Jetta TDI 5-speed.  I drove the snot out of it and when I sold it at 170k miles, it used less than 1/4 quart between 10k oil changes (did them myself with Rotella 5W-40 synthetic).  If the turbo is what causes oil consumption, how would one explain the near zero oil consumption of my Jetta?  Diesels have much higher compression but also significantly lower operating temps - maybe that has something to do with it.

I owned a 2002 Jetta TDI 5 speed and it used some oil too.   If you ever had the chance to open up the lines to your intercooler, you probably could have drained a quart of oil out of there.   That was a very fun and economical car, and it was another car that was fun as hell to modify too.   Definitely a torque monster!
 
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Oil and filter changes are cheap insurance. There is no downside to changing both on a more frequent basis.

Hi I am New to the forum

I have been reporting to My Audi dealership the high oil consumption of my A3. Almost 1 quart every 1000 miles. We discovered that one of the Valves was leaking and this was causing it to Burn oil. It has been 2500 miles since tghe valve was changed and continues to burn oil at the rate of one quart every 1000 miles.
What is normal ? Audi has not told my dealership the answer. My car is in the shop as we speak. I will let you know what they said.

I just checked mine last night and oil was very low.  It was almost non-existant on the oil stick, just a dab of oil on the "MIN" level of the stick.  So, since my last oil change at 11,000 miles, I now have 15,000 miles and I had to add 1 full quart last night. 

The "min oil" light didnt come on this time, but I hate waiting to see that light pop up on my display.

I use 0W - 40 Mobil 1 to top off whenever I need.  My dealer uses Elf Synthetic when they do my oil change.

I was told that the turbo has alot to do with the consumption of oil and the A3 2.0T RPM's high and leads to more oil consumption.  Just check it every 2000 miles or so and you should be ok. 

But as far as the "leak" the last post described, let me know what they say.

My '07 2.0T did not burn any oil in the first 5000 miles and hasn't burned any since the initial oil change some 2500 miles ago. Now I'm in my 60s and may not drive as agressively as some of you younger guys (but my wife may differ).

Anybody else running Elf Excellium? I recently switched to it, and it's either my vivid imagination or the engine is running much smoother.

Yeah - I've been running Excellium LDX 5 -40. It's good stuff; I use it in the Porsches. I noticed, however, that LDX has been dropped from the latest 502 00 list - the only Excellium now approved by Audi is DID 5-40. 

A3s run like the devil. The oil consumtion is normal .My dealer recomended checking the valves periodically

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I have 3,000 on my 2.0t 6spd A3 and haven't burnt any oil.  If you have high oil consumption without a lot of high revs and high turbo, it would seems like your piston rings did not seat properly.  The mitsubishi lancer is an example of piston rings not seating properly if they are driven wrong during break in, the lancer's that are broken in properly don't burn much oil, while ones that aren't broken in right burn tons of oil. 

This may be a stupid question but how do you know how much oil has been consumed. My dip shows exaclty halfway btwn min and max at 3500 miles. How can I tell how much has been consumed?

I just changed my oil at 10k miles. I followed all of the recommended break-in procedures and I am not burning any noticeable amount of oil. I do drive it hard every day and, if I am burning any oil, it is less than 1/4 of a quart. Last oil change was at 5k.

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This may be a stupid question but how do you know how much oil has been consumed. My dip shows exaclty halfway btwn min and max at 3500 miles. How can I tell how much has been consumed?

 
Usually, the min to max grid on the dipstick represents 1 liter of oil.
 
 
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Hey Chef;
For us Americans - don't you mean 1.05 quarts? 

LOL
 
Yeah, 1 liter or 1 quart, take your pick.