oil consumption

And to me at such a comparitively low mileage. Neither of my cars, one at 70k the other at 170k need topping up between oil changes. That's not to say they don't use any oil, but at oil change time the level is nowhere near minimum. Mike.

Wheras I've known VWs that used 1/2l/1000m from new, which is within spec.

I don`t remember ever having to put as much in my other cars - one of which was a Skoda Estelle :-} but....

Youch... mine`s not bad at all in comparison to that !

The difference being though is that yours has developed a thirst while the VW thirst will decline substantially if it is run-in reasonably hard. If yours has been regularly serviced and driven moderately then it should not be developing a thirst for oil at that mileage. Don't jump to premature conclusions as to the reason though. It could be for a number of reasons and requires a bit of non-invasive investigation and time to judge.

Huw

I wouldn't worry. Chances are the crankshaft and/or camshaft oil seals are starting to weep and you may lose a small amount down the valve stem oil seals.

A couple of litres per 10,000 miles isn't too bad.

I had similar worries about my Punto until I checked the handbook and the spec says that the oil consumption is about 1L per 1,000 miles. I thought this odd but it was in the book so I just top up regularly.