when is the last time you topped the oil???

[khalil]

hi all, when is the last time you topped up with oil, meaning how often has the oil warning light come on, my light came on around 7-8 months back i topped it up with a litre of oil, and today the light has come up, is that normal, oh by the way my car is a 2.0tdi sport,
many thanks

 

[nhowroyd]

Mine is a 2.0 TDI 140 and I have done 6008 miles since new (28th June 08) My light came on yesterday...... 1 ltr in..... Job sorted.

 

[bacardi]

mine usually does a litre every 4-6 weeks, though recently I've decided to see how long it will go before the bright red warning light comes on, the polite orange one is on at the moment

 

[khalil]

mine usually does a litre every 4-6 weeks, though recently I've decided to see how long it will go before the bright red warning light comes on, the polite orange one is on at the moment

every 4-6 weeks? how come so much oil??and you get a orange polite light? when my oil is low its just comes on as a warning light, you if my light is coming on every 7-8months theres noting to worry about?

 

[JamS3]

Never topped up any oil as it didnt use any on my previous S3, 17k miles in 16 months.

 

[mitch78]

:thumbsup:

 

[redbutcher]

Pretty certain I've topped mine up 3 or 4 times since new. Mind you I've done just over 18k since Dec last year. Booked in for first service next Friday.

 

[Matt]

Not done it a for a good few months. Never had the light on though

 

[bacardi]

every 4-6 weeks? how come so much oil??and you get a orange polite light? when my oil is low its just comes on as a warning light, you if my light is coming on every 7-8months theres noting to worry about?

yeah, a litre every few k miles now, it smokes like a ****** on startup too, they're looking at it at the next service

I seem to remember there being two warnings, the annoying please check oil bing and a much more agressive "sort it now or it will go pop" one, I'm trying to see if I imagined it or not

 

[benw123]

I've seen the amber oil light come on once, but now I check it quite often. Needs a service though so I'm loathe to buy another litre to top it up!

 

[TFSI]

Sorry boys and girls but if you run around in a car thats fitted with a farm tractor engine what do you expect

Tra, la, la. Tra, la, la.
Only kidding

 

[GlasgowRangers]

hohohoho

 

[khalil]

yeah, a litre every few k miles now, it smokes like a ****** on startup too, they're looking at it at the next service

I seem to remember there being two warnings, the annoying please check oil bing and a much more agressive "sort it now or it will go pop" one, I'm trying to see if I imagined it or not

ok please do, thanks

 

[Amchlolor]

I seem to remember there being two warnings, the annoying please check oil bing and a much more agressive "sort it now or it will go pop" one, I'm trying to see if I imagined it or not

I've heard/read this claim before as well, but I never got a two stage warning in my own little version of the Exxon Valdese I called an A3.

 

[L60N]

I've heard/read this claim before as well, but I never got a two stage warning in my own little version of the Exxon Valdese I called an A3.

The A3 you called Exxon Valdese.

 

[L60N]

poor thing

 

[bacardi]

One and a half tanks of fuel so far and no red warning, so I guess that's about 600 miles

 

[Amchlolor]

One and a half tanks of fuel so far and no red warning, so I guess that's about 600 miles

No red warning after the yellow warning?
Was it yellow?
Christ, I can't remember, unbelievably.

 

[bacardi]

its still the yellow one, I'm sure it went red for me ages ago

 

[Amchlolor]

I get you.
I had the benefit of having a large drum of oil in the warehouse, for our (small) fleet of oil-burning Audis.
So I was able to quickly top up when the first warning came on.
Were it not for that drum in the warehouse, I dare say I'd have 'pushed' it like you are.

 

[bacardi]

its a fun game

the odd thing is the low coolant warning has turned itself off, very odd, maybe its suddenly decided to start fixing itself!

 

[Boydie]

You should always check your oil every few weeks in my opinion - I would change my oil every 8-10k in my 2.0tdi

 

[julians]

IMO, you're playing a dangerous game by letting the oil get so low, the consequences of too low oil are very expensive.

 

[bacardi]

Still running, still no red oil warning, may shove a litre in tomorrow as I need it for the airport,

 

[Teejay]

I've had my 8P TDI 140 for 14 months now and done 25,000 miles in that time. I've had an oil change after about 5,000miles (cos I didn't trust when the last one was done) and in the last 20,000 have added about another litre.

When I had an Astra, the Vx handbook said that 'acceptable' oil usage was 1/2 litre per 1,000 miles and that was in a petrol!!