Hi,
Sorry, this may be just me worrying too much but a basic question... Is >2 qrts of oil in 1k miles normal for this car? It always consumed quite a bit of oil but I think this is excessive.
In detail, not sure if I am into something...
vwengineer mentioned in a different post that "between max and min there is only 1 quart so that would be a quart for 1k miles which is within VW tolerance. "
So, if my calcs are right, that is about >2 qrts in ~1k miles (between #5 and #8). Is that normal? This car always seems to take too much oil but recently seems worse. Anything that can explain the smoke out (only at acceleration and the bit of lag). I think that if they did wrong #1, it would have shown much earlier, isn't it?
Anyhow, maybe I am paranoia, I know this is super generic, and will take it to the mechanic when Covid allows but thank you in the mean time!
[Golf GTI MkV 2007]
Sorry, this may be just me worrying too much but a basic question... Is >2 qrts of oil in 1k miles normal for this car? It always consumed quite a bit of oil but I think this is excessive.
In detail, not sure if I am into something...
- [5/23/2019] Changed the valve cover gasket (at the shop) because of a clear oil leak
- [Aug/2019] Mechanic mentioned, during a visit for something unrelated, that they could see some oil leak by the turbo but were not sure.
- [11/15/2019] I floored it and the whole car started rattling really bad (it felt below the car all the way to the exhaust). Also saw quite a bit of smoke out of the exhaust. Checked the oil and it was very low so refilled it but scared of flooring it again.
- [1/8/2020] Oil change. They told me my oil was 2 qrts low.
- [2/4/2020 - 114993 miles] Kept checking oil levels and were going down fast (this car always seems to use a lot of it but this time was going down much faster) so I took it to my shop (different than the oil change folks). They told me that the previous folks had installed the oil filter bad and was leaking there. Did full oil change. Explained them the other concerns but said they didn't see anything. Told me to watch it. After that I step on it and no issues.
- [3/7/2020 - sorry didn't write down the miles] Stick was out, so filled it a bit more than the mid level with 1.5 qrts. (Castrol Edge 5W-40, I just changed to this for thickness from 0W-40)
- [3/28/2020] I noticed (just looking by the rear view mirror) quite a bit of black smoke coming out from my exhaust when I accelerated. No other issues, except for some small lagging...
- [3/29/2020 - 116k miles] Got to check the stick and it is on the min.
- [4/1/2020] Didn't drive before coz of Covid... When for a test run before I post here. No smoke... It may lag a bit but maybe it is just my imagination.
vwengineer mentioned in a different post that "between max and min there is only 1 quart so that would be a quart for 1k miles which is within VW tolerance. "
So, if my calcs are right, that is about >2 qrts in ~1k miles (between #5 and #8). Is that normal? This car always seems to take too much oil but recently seems worse. Anything that can explain the smoke out (only at acceleration and the bit of lag). I think that if they did wrong #1, it would have shown much earlier, isn't it?
Anyhow, maybe I am paranoia, I know this is super generic, and will take it to the mechanic when Covid allows but thank you in the mean time!
[Golf GTI MkV 2007]