2l 8v bora burning oil

[Tonye]

shagi101, how old is your Bora? Does it have full dealer service history? I presume it is well out of warranty.
The problem with the piston rings definitely affected UK cars as well. If the car is runing OK and the oil consumption is steady you may be OK but if oil consumption gets too high it can mess up the lambda sensor and you end up with a rich mixture which can damage the cylinder bores.
If you are going to moan at VW you will have to be prepared to persevere.

[shagi101]

alrite Tonye, my Bora was born in 2000, 45k atm.
(the car does have service history but not all at vw).
Do i have a leg to stand on with VW? the consumption is about 1 liter every 1000 miles - which seems to high to me?

but yeh, i really wana bug vw (and i did call them once, but te guy just fobbed me off by saying that ill need to bring the car in to investigation and pay for it. he refused to say that vw were at fault). but what else can i say???

[Tonye]

shagi101, I am no expert but I doubt that VW would be interested at all after 9 years. I had a real fight with mine and they knew about the problem inside the warranty period. If the engine is running OK and not contaminating the lambda sensor then you are probably stuck with putting oil in. If it is contaminating the sensor then the ultimate problem is what happened to mine - very rich mixture putting petrol in the bores and rapid wear. If you have that you are better to fix the rings or you will have a lot of damage to the engine. You could always try a slightly thicker grade of oil to reduce the oil consumption. 10-40 semi synthetic is OK

[Chris6108]

I've exactly the same problem! Mine's a 78k mile '99 2ltr SE, with the same consumption with no contamination (though i do get traces mayo on the oil filler cap?). I changed to the slightly thicker oil and it reduced the consumption slightly...