2005 Jetta oil consumption

sounds like some more good advice. thanks

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dave AKA vwdoc1
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That's correct. We had the oil leaking past the valve seal problem with a '80 Chrysler Horizon that used the VW engine. At that time there was a current class action suit against VW on this problem and our Chrysler dealer kindly fixed it for parts cost at 4 yrs of age.

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Josh S

Plus for a few thousand do modest acceleration bursts, which helps the rings seat in. However no constant high speed highway driving during that time, else the rings may overheat and eventually pass too much oil. I've then added Duralube every 50Kkms and have experienced better engine life than those who haven't.

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Josh S

I once had my Chrysler suddenly start "burning" oil after a Mr. Lube oil change. Normal consumption of 1L per 9Kkms, increased to 1L per 3Kkms. A bit on investigation found that the oil drain nut was only finger tight. There was no oil dripping on my garage floor, but it dripped a bit while driving as one could see a tracers of oil that had blown behind the engine. No more Mr. Lube.

I suggest you watch the situation yourself very closely.

Running on no oil doesn't appear to have destroyed your engine, if it sounds and runs OK, but you may have to live with more oil consumption than normal.

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Josh S

Sorry I missed the begining of this post. Is this a new or old body style jetta???

If its a new 2.0lT jetta I have seen plenty with oil consumption issues. Normally they were with young guys who didn't let them break in properly. I have also found a few turbos leaking oil into the engine.

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Craig

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