After the new seal etc being put into my car I thought that my oil consumption had reduced by approx 80 % but having travelled 2000 miles I now suspect that it is using approx half a litre per 1000 miles. Audi think that anything under half a litre per 1000 km (600) miles is acceptable. I am going to conduct a further review of my own and will up date the position in a couple of months or so. In the meantime best of luck.
TheMac

 

I'm also experiencing higher than expected oil consumption and my 2.0TFSI is going in next week for an oil consumption test. I'm very disillusioned with the car now after having it less than 2 months, especially after spending so much and selling a trusty 10 year old BMW325i! I'm not expecting much from Audi as they state that the car may use so much oil per 1000km. I would expect this if I was flogging the thing, but rarely does it go over more than 2000rpm! I think basically there is a flaw with this engine and Audi should recall all affected.

 

I have A5 on lease the 2.0 TFSi the car in 18 months old I noticed the oil level droping from the 1st month and I reported this to Audi who informed me it would use bit,well I kept my eye on it and over the next few months I was topping up once a month when it was due for the 1st service I had put 18 ltr in.the car was now due for it's first service I reported again the level of oil I had put in the car and the service manager rang me to ask a few questions but did not Give me any reason.
I then reported it again and asked them to take it in to carry out some testing as now I was upto 25 Ltr the car went back 3 weeks ok and was tagged to do 600miles and return I did this and guess what it had used 1 more ltr the service department rang to say Audi UK had agreed to take the car in it is now having piston rings among other things replaced.
The car is expected to car 2 weeks to carry out the repairs,one good thing Audi did give me a brand new A6 to use until my car is ready.
Hope it comes back in one piece I can say other than the oil problem the A5 is great car and really good on fuel.

 

I have tried to append a photo of my 2L A5 exhaust, it is heavily black and you can see soot that has been blown out onto garage floor - any one else seen this?

 

No mine has never been quite that bad!
TheMac

 

Car return after repairs parts replaced was piston rods and rings plus con rods so etch this space! Repairs carried out at Chester Audi.

 

Well I can say that my A5 has sooty pipes, but the soot is dry and it certainly does not leave marks on the garage floor. That is astonishing. I have been monitoring the oil level every sunday at the same time after a reasonable run and since i last topped up it has done 250 km and no drop. I have noticed that after i shut it off it is down 2 bars. So i leave it, come back in 15 min, pop the lid and check with the MMI. That way I give the oil a chance to drain down. So far so good. I drive my A5 quite calmly and it may be that it is not quite bedded in. We shall see. 2.5Lt in almost 7000 km with the first 5000 km being running in is hardly grounds for complaint. Perhaps I got off easy with mine? It is a lovely car that is clear.

 

Hi all,
I've now clocked up over 15,000kms and so far, no sign of the oil warning after the fix was carried out with the replacement of piston rings etc.
I had a whole heap of soot all over the garage floor (dry but stains) & on the exhaust pipes which my car wash hasn't been able to clean off (they obviously aren't trying hard enough) so I'm not sure if it's still spitting out the soot (but will clean up, check & let U know soon) but did get an aweful smell in the garage recently. Im thinking it has something to do with the high Hydrocarbon readings, which I thouhght would have been sorted at the time of the fix!! Will have to see if it's still blowing that black/blue smoke as I excelarate too...(ref previous posts)
I had an independent report carried out initially which said 'there is excessive reading of Hydrocarbon. It's at 260PPM when it should be around 50PPM! Says further intensive tests are required on the engine to find the cause. (Would be a very expensive exercise if it were not under warranty!) All other readings were normal.

 

After my car had the piston rods/rings and con rods all seems to be going well 400 miles and oil level seems stable oh joy no more oil to buy.

 

Turbos will use more oil than normal aspired engines do. I purchased my A4 new in 2007 and broke it in very gently. I currently use about a quart every 6-8tmls. I have read where some people use lots of oil and others less. I was told by Audi it can depend on how the car was intitally broken in. If some was a lead foot when the car was new, this can cause higher oil consumption later. This is not always the case however, I have a friend who bought a new 2009 A4 (B8) 2.0t and has never punched it hard (or anything) and she uses about 1 qt for evey 2-3tmls.