A4 excessive oil consumption, piston rings really?

[SeGMENT]

After a nightmare purchase last weekend of a 2009 A4 2.0 TFSI S Tronic I have bought another 2009 A4 2.0 TFSI manual.

Its a lovely car that's fully loaded and I'm shocked to see it may be one of these excessive oil burners, gutted.

*** with no dip stick ?

I'm covered by a 'Franchise Dealership' 12 month warranty and my question is do I return the car for a full refund whilst I can or do I try to get them to fix it ?

Is the car all good once the piston rings have been replaced ?

I've done a stack of reading on here about this issue and replacing piston rings isn't exactly a minor serviceable item LoL

https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/152781-A4-oil-consumption?highlight=excessive+oil

Please Help Audi A5 2.0T oil issue repair - out of warranty

[niall campbell]

you say " IT MAY " be an oil burner

Have you done a compression test ? Is there blue smoke from the exhaust ?

You might be panicking about nothing.

If I was you, change the oil & filter, put Fully Synthetic oil in it & change every 10,000 miles. My A6 after 10,000 miles needed frequent top ups . However, since I have changed from 20,000 mile oil changes to 10,000 , I do not need any topping up for oil.

Change oil & monitor it is my advice.

My boys 1.2 Polo got the piston rings/ oil rings changed ................................ it never had blue smoke but burnt a lot of oil .................................. but after oil rings done, its as good as new

[SeGMENT]

No testing has been done at this stage and it is due a service.

I'm going to top it up with the 1 Ltr its asking for and then monitor it to see how many miles it does before it asks me again for more oil.

Its been hard to tell at the moment if its smoking or not as its been cold, there have been clouds coming from the exhaust and just dissipating, I'm assuming this is just water vapour.

Worst case scenario is piston rings need replacing but the important bit is that I do not end up footing the bill for that.

Watchdog 5 minute video clip all about this engine is very interesting indeed
BBC One - Watchdog - Audi's oil-guzzling issues

[Crasher]

The proper test has to be carried out in a very specific manner using VAS-PC and the oil has to be weighed before and after (note, weighed not measured). It is also not unknown for the dealer to "tamper protect" the dip stick tube and other areas such as the drain plug to prevent "customer exaggeration adjustment", if you know what I mean. The specification is that the consumption should not exceed 1 litre per 1000km (620 miles) in "normal" driving.

[SeGMENT]

Dealership is taking it back, they reckon not worth bothering fixing, full refund will be issued.

This is the 2nd Audi I've had in 2 weeks that's got major problems.

Question is do I go for 3rd time lucky ?

Obviously Audi's are not what they used to be and in my current experience I would say they are ****.

Whats a good Audi, anyone ???

[Darren Smith]

will cost £500 max to fix, I've just gone through your situation, the garage are talking crap if they won't pay out £500 to fix it.

[SeGMENT]

What was the fix ?

[Darren Smith]

long story....


bought a A4 2.0T S line, found out it had the oil problem, only got 380 miles (a tank of fuel) before my light came on. took it into audi for a oil consumption test, which it failed, with my car only having part Dealer service history, they were not willing to pay for full repair as good will, so i had to pay 10% of the cost (£500), i got onto the garage i bought it from, they fully complied with no hassle or fuss, came down to audi and paid them £500 so my engine rebuild/replacement can't start, i get my car back next monday, been given a brand new A1 Sline for the week while the work is completed.

if you love the car, i would get it sorted, you may be lucky and get a new engine out of it.

Edit: the fix is new con rods and piston rings. if the engine is badly damaged though audi replace the engine

[markp306]

and in my current experience I would say they are ****.

So, what you might need is a 2012 facelift / 8.5 model....much better bet in my experience.

[SeGMENT]

I cant find another to replace it with, its such a lovely car.

You have given me something to consider, I will phone Audi tomorrow and see about getting a consumption test done.

Even though my car has warranty from dealership (12 months) they do not want to enter into a world of repair, its refund or takes your chances.

I don't mind paying a few hundred quid towards a £5K repair but is the repair enough, has any other damage been done ?
Is the CAT screwed ?
Is the turbo screwed ?
Etc
What damage is being done by all this oil burning off ?

That's my sticking point .... ?