JennMkV
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- Location
- Tacoma/Seattle
- Car(s)
- 2007 VW Gti
My 07 gti is eating through my oil. My mechanic also noted it takes more than 5 quarts when he changed the oil...has anyone else noticed this too?
How many miles in those 3 weeks? I'd say check the front and rear PCV, but even when those were bad on my car, I was using ~1 quart of oil per 1000 miles. So, unless you've driven 3k miles, that is a LOT of oil being consumed.
Do you smell oil/see it coming through the exhaust? How many miles are on the car? Oil separator valve replacement? Maybe that's the issue.
About 1000 miles in those three weeks. Now, i recently changed oil at 88600 miles, new filter 5 qts. Of Royal Purple 0w40. Car is at 89100 now and is already at min. Level on dip stick. Oil separator valve was replaced about 3000 miles ago before I noticed low oil. No oil smell, leaks. However a cloud of black smoke blew out and the engine made a rattle noise with weak acceleration, shortly after the oil change. At first I thought I had used too much oil.
How many miles in those 3 weeks? I'd say check the front and rear PCV, but even when those were bad on my car, I was using ~1 quart of oil per 1000 miles. So, unless you've driven 3k miles, that is a LOT of oil being consumed.
Do you smell oil/see it coming through the exhaust? How many miles are on the car? Oil separator valve replacement? Maybe that's the issue.
I just noticed that you have an 09 which means it's the TSI 2.0T. I know the FSI has a PCV in the front by the HPFP and in the back; not entirely sure with TSI's though.
My understanding, from what I have read, is that the commonly referred PCV, is actually the oil separator valve, on my TSI. This part had been previously replaced with an OEM part on my car about 4 weeks ago. My mechanic acknowledged that the part he installed failed and replaced it free of charge; no questions asked! He even added the oil that was burned by the malfunction. According to him, VW has acknowledged that many of those oil separator valves were known to be faulty... FYI for anyone with the same problem.
Car runs like new again, even with almost 90K miles :biggrin:
Moral of the story is... Check your oil regularly!