Oil Consumption A4 2.4

Can anyone please give an indication of what to expect the oil consumption to be after 15K miles??

I have heard somewhere that it can be high!!??

Is 1 litre/1000miles too high??

Thanks for any info.

Martyn

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martyn
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This is 'normal' according to Audi dealers. My 2.8 A4 uses a litre per 2000 miles and I have had this checked and is ok. Yours may reduce as the engine gets older. It is expensive though as the oil is Castrol SLX Longlife 2 which at the dealers costs about 12ukp. I get mine from Ebay and save a fair amount. I wonder if oil consumption reduces with the normal regime as opposed to the longlife changes.

Hope this Helps

Richard

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Richard Goulding

My 2.6 although sold now used no oil between services, and I sold it with

160k miles on, although it was just below the line after 10k miles

Ronny

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ronny

"martyn" wrote

It can be higher at the start. The engine is settling in, and that can use a little more oil than normal.

Peter Smith

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Peter Smith

My 2.4 has 20,000 miles now and is still using approximately a litre every

3000-4000 miles, depending on how I drive it. When new it used a litre every 1000 miles but seems to be settling down a bit now.

Apparently, how you run them in can make a big difference to the oil consumption, as can the oil. Mine came with the synthetic Castrol SLX longlife oil in from new so you have to expect a prolonged bedding in period.

There is much discussion about the subject of oil usage on the

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website forums. I have just come to accept it uses oil now although i'd like to think that one day it will eventually properly bed in!

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Steve West

The 2.4 is renowned for high oil consumption and, according to Audi,

1 litre/1000miles is acceptable.
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Peter Bell

I can count on using a quart per 10000 miles. I use synthetic.

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Wayne Crannell

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