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Oil light came on this morning

stuart.cameron wrote:Oil light came on this morning

After what distance Stu?

Must be about 3000 miles not totally sure. Will check later this afternoon when it went in for the fix.

Right, the car went in for the 'fix' at 22,997 miles and the oil light came on this morning at a little over 25,000 miles.

So 2,000 miles after the fix the light is back on...

So the fix doesn't work in your case then. Thought about rejecting the car?

I would say that is better but it is still not right. Is yours MY2011 Stu? ie earliest spec?

skipster wrote:I would say that is better but it is still not right. Is yours MY2011 Stu? ie earliest spec?

Slightly better, going to speak to VW to see what the next approach is.

rover220 wrote:So the fix doesn't work in your case then. Thought about rejecting the car?

I have thought about it but it would probably be too much fuss and a waste of my time. I'm not losing any money running the car as VW are paying for oil.

Yes - same here, I am provided the oil for free but it is still a pain with this never ending issue. In a nutshell, early signs are that the oil breather has improved matters, but not fixed it.

still waiting on vw uk to get back will give them a call in a bit

I've had problems with oil burning as well for about 4 months. Finally bit the bullet and stripped the engine, turned out to be piston no.3's oil ring was non existent.

So new piston rings, big end shells and head gasket set including stem oil seals. Timing kit and waterpump. A lot of cash but runs brand new now.

still no news from vw uk yet

BenGTI wrote:I've had problems with oil burning as well for about 4 months. Finally bit the bullet and stripped the engine, turned out to be piston no.3's oil ring was non existent.

So new piston rings, big end shells and head gasket set including stem oil seals. Timing kit and waterpump. A lot of cash but runs brand new now.

was is on a polo 6r gti

tt509 wrote:

BenGTI wrote:I've had problems with oil burning as well for about 4 months. Finally bit the bullet and stripped the engine, turned out to be piston no.3's oil ring was non existent.

So new piston rings, big end shells and head gasket set including stem oil seals. Timing kit and waterpump. A lot of cash but runs brand new now.

was is on a polo 6r gti

That's what I thought, I guess Ben's is not 6R.

got a call of vw they what it back for more oil consumption test number 4

tt509 wrote:got a call of vw they what it back for more oil consumption test number 4

Yes - I am really not happy post oil breather fix, I am sill seeing oil smoke out the back