Very high oil consumption on 2nd hand car Vs. Sales of Goods Act 1979

molerat

Put that in and Audi will certainly refuse to do anything.

Nodding_Donkey

cardinalbiggles wrote: »

.25l per 1000 miles is a lot though so its not BS. Also I admit I was thinking more of the oil you have to feed in to the fuel.

Not a lot compared to

Andyhhh wrote: »

the Audi maximum of 0.5 L per 622 miles,

Oli.s

I had the same thing recently with an a4 2.0 tfsi. I noticed three weeks after buying the car (60 plate).

I just took it back to the audi dealer I bought it from, they tested it, applied a stage 1 fix and tested it again, problem solved, no hesitation or argument. No charge.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Stoke wrote: »

Not that Audi will recommend it, but it might be worth checking out a product like Forte Oil Fortifier. It is designed for engines with excessive wear, low compression due to wear, and those burning oil. It actually says for cars having done more than 150,000 miles but still, could be worth it.

Are you serious, this product is designed to alter the makeup of oil grade, in that it makes it thicker yes do it in a worn out engine you may get a few more miles out of it, do it in a healthy engine and your more than likely to cause allot of damage, including sludging, blocking of the oil pick up strainer and causing excess wear defacing of cam lobes, sticking hydraulic valves and crankshell wear.
I once sold a similar product lucas oil stabaliser to someone who put it in his 60k pug 1.6 16v 2004 model who then 1k miles later tried to sue the company I worked for a new engine he put it in thinking it would quiten a bit hydraulic valve slap it did that and wrecked the rest.

Stoke

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

Are you serious, this product is designed to alter the makeup of oil grade, in that it makes it thicker yes do it in a worn out engine you may get a few more miles out of it, do it in a healthy engine and your more than likely to cause allot of damage, including sludging, blocking of the oil pick up strainer and causing excess wear defacing of cam lobes, sticking hydraulic valves and crankshell wear.
I once sold a similar product lucas oil stabaliser to someone who put it in his 60k pug 1.6 16v 2004 model who then 1k miles later tried to sue the company I worked for a new engine he put it in thinking it would quiten a bit hydraulic valve slap it did that and wrecked the rest.

But we've established this isn't a healthy engine. It's burning significantly more than the maximum oil consumption stated by Audi, ergo, it is NOT a healthy engine. Not in my opinion anyway.

colino

Incidentally its very cheap and easy to do both a compression test and blow-by test to confirm there is an issue without unscientific rubbish like what's required to top up after 100kms.

molerat

Stoke wrote: »

But we've established this isn't a healthy engine. It's burning significantly more than the maximum oil consumption stated by Audi, ergo, it is NOT a healthy engine. Not in my opinion anyway.

Agreed it seems not to be very healthy but it is a 4yr old 36K engine so adding these magic compounds should not be attempted until all other avenues have been exhausted.

Stoke

colino wrote: »

Incidentally its very cheap and easy to do both a compression test and blow-by test to confirm there is an issue without unscientific rubbish like what's required to top up after 100kms.

Actually, this is probably the best bit of advice. A compression test would be the best way.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Stoke wrote: »

But we've established this isn't a healthy engine. It's burning significantly more than the maximum oil consumption stated by Audi, ergo, it is NOT a healthy engine. Not in my opinion anyway.

to the contrary it maybe perfectly healthy engine, just because of oil loss doesn't mean it isn't a healthy engine, it maybe a simple seal that's allowing passing of oil.

vaio

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

to the contrary it maybe perfectly healthy engine, just because of oil loss doesn't mean it isn't a healthy engine, it maybe a simple seal that's allowing passing of oil.

I struggle to see how an engine that burns that much oil can be described as healthy, the likely cause is oil rings/bores but even if it is a "simple seal" (valve stems? turbo seal?) that still qualifies as unhealthy in my mind particularly on a recently bought £16k car