Normal engine oil consumption for Audi A6 2.4 V6 model 2002?

What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences, not
owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.

Regards, Sami

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
> wrote:

>What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences, not
>owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>
>Regards, Sami
>
I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.

What oil do you use?

"Steve West" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
> > wrote:
>
> >What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
> >subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
> >every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
not
> >owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
> >
> >Regards, Sami
> >
> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>

I have a 2000 A4 2.8 and the oil consumption is 1 litre per 2000 miles also
and it now has 90,000 miles. The consumption has been the same since I got
it at 50,000 miles. I use Castrol SLX Longlife 2 on the variable servicing
regime which I think exaggerates the consumption. I think I will use a
different oil next service to see if it makes any difference.

Hope this helps

Richard

>> >What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>> >subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>> >every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
> not
>> >owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>> >
>> >Regards, Sami
>> >
>> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
>> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>>
>
> I have a 2000 A4 2.8 and the oil consumption is 1 litre per 2000 miles also
> and it now has 90,000 miles. The consumption has been the same since I got
> it at 50,000 miles. I use Castrol SLX Longlife 2 on the variable servicing
> regime which I think exaggerates the consumption. I think I will use a
> different oil next service to see if it makes any difference.

Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?

cp

I am using Mobil 1 0W-40 SuperSyn (long-life oil)

Regards, Sami

"Steve West" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
> > wrote:
>
>>What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>>subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>>every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
>>not
>>owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>>
>>Regards, Sami
>>
> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>
> What oil do you use?

In article <iRvUe.167195$wr.17992@clgrps12>,
"cp" > writes:
>
> Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?

FWIW, my 2000 A4 1.8TQ; which now has 107K miles; has never burned any oil
between its 5K mile changes. Mobil-1 from new.

--
- Kyle

>> Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?
>
> FWIW, my 2000 A4 1.8TQ; which now has 107K miles; has never burned any oil
> between its 5K mile changes. Mobil-1 from new.

So those cars are definitely not normal, lemons?

cp

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 22:43:11 +0100, "Richard Goulding"
> wrote:

>
>"Steve West" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>> >subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>> >every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
>not
>> >owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>> >
>> >Regards, Sami
>> >
>> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
>> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>>
>
>I have a 2000 A4 2.8 and the oil consumption is 1 litre per 2000 miles also
>and it now has 90,000 miles. The consumption has been the same since I got
>it at 50,000 miles. I use Castrol SLX Longlife 2 on the variable servicing
>regime which I think exaggerates the consumption. I think I will use a
>different oil next service to see if it makes any difference.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Richard
>
>
Yes it's the long life oil I use too - I agree I think the low
viscosity has something to do with the consumption. Having said that
the car runs great so no real complaints and I won't be trying a
different oil. Just a pity the Castrol oil is so expensive!

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:05:12 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
> wrote:

>I am using Mobil 1 0W-40 SuperSyn (long-life oil)
>
>Regards, Sami
>
>"Steve West" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:31:32 +0300, "Sami Heikkinen"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>What is the normal engine oil consumption for the car mentioned in the
>>>subject? Mine has 66.000 km (41.000 miles) in it, and I have to add oil
>>>every 5.000 km (3.100 miles). I would like to know your own experiences,
>>>not
>>>owners manual figures, which says even 1 litres / 1000 km.
>>>
>>>Regards, Sami
>>>
>> I have a 2003 A4 with same engine - 32,000 miles on it. It is getting
>> better with more miles but still uses about 1 litre every 2000 miles.
>>
>> What oil do you use?
>
I am also using longlife - but Castrol SLX longlife 2. I think the
low viscosity of this type of oil is partly to blame for the high
consumption.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:16:38 GMT, "cp" > wrote:

>>> Why would relatively recent cars be burning oil? Is this normal?
>>
>> FWIW, my 2000 A4 1.8TQ; which now has 107K miles; has never burned any oil
>> between its 5K mile changes. Mobil-1 from new.
>
>So those cars are definitely not normal, lemons?
>
>cp
>
I wouldn't call them lemons no - but a lot of these cars seem to
suffer high oil consumption. There is much discussion in Audi circles
as to the reason why this is - with break-in procedure and oil type
being the widely accepted two main factors.

For more info and literally hundreds of posts on the matter - go to:

http://www.audiworld.com/search/index.html

and search for 'oil consumption'.

Cheers