Polo GTI 2011 (Auto) Help needed

GTR_King

Ok so I bought polo GTI (white) (Automatic) from garage in Norwich (Saw on auto trader) last September... very good condition & 75,000 miles on the clock & drove it home (Ipswich) Bought oil etc from Halfords.

Car been fine up Until now & driven it loads & to Leeds & back

I drove about 190 miles to Near chippenham last Friday to see family (Filled car up & put tiny bit of oil in) car seemed fine & when I got there it said oil lvl was low... (Didn't use car whilst I was there)

Today I topped oil up & then filled car up... (Halford VW polo oil used it before and been fine) (Oil lvl light went but engine managemeant light came on) when I started driving (Needed to get home for work tomz)

M4/M25 car drove fine (Loads of traffic M25 so was going slow) but when I got on the A12 Engin management light kept flashing every time I quickly accelerated then the car started to slowed down & wouldn't respond for a few seconds....

Car is now parked outside house (Could hear spitting noise just after I turned engine off)

Is this a serious problem? Will it cost me loads of money?

Taking it to local garage tomz

forgotmyname

£873.64 best guess.

What is Halford VW Polo oil?

GTR_King

You think it cost that much?

GTR_King

Will it really cost that much?

agrinnall

GTR_King wrote: »

Will it really cost that much?

Lighten up will you, it's a joke. How can anyone have any idea what it's going to cost? Take it to a garage (not Halfrauds) and get a diagnosis and an estimate.

GTR_King

Didn't mean to post that twice & Mum is taking it to garage down the road. So will find out soon what the problem is

Mercdriver

GTR_King wrote: »

Didn't mean to post that twice & Mum is taking it to garage down the road. So will find out soon what the problem is

Less GTR King and more GTR Prince then Hope it's not too serious...

forgotmyname

Cheap Halfords oil is no good when your Polo has a hole

khcomp

Oil use may or may not be related to the current issue: Nobody could possibly tell you whether it's going to cost a tenner or a thousand pounds to fix.
I know that a lot of VW group cars are very fussy on their choice of engine oil and oil consumption is a common issue that can sometimes be improved by changing to a different type of oil. I wouldn't find any form of oil consumption acceptable in a relatively low mileage car unless there was a problem - if it's gone from full to needing oil over a journey of less than 200 miles, there's either a leak or a serious mechanical issue.

GTR_King

Khcomp...

Car has been fine until now,

this is the warning light, Only flashes when I Accelerate/go over so many revs and car slows down (About 5-10MPH/Comes unresponsive) then is fine again.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/warning-light/emissions-control

Hopefully won't cost to much

will change oi to Castrol GT as seem better for the car

khcomp

The engine management light will come on & stay on if a problem is detected with the engine management or emissions systems. This usually won't affect the car's performance. When it flashes, it means that the car's systems have picked up a more serious fault and the ECU has reverted to 'emergency' or 'limp home' settings, which will allow the car to run on reduced power to get you somewhere safe.