How Much Oil Do You Use/ How Often Do You Top Up?

[Klone]

Hi guys,

Saw this on another forum i use and it seemed to help a few people out... basically you put your cars details, how often you top the car up with oil.

Im not talking scientific levels, just an educated guess.

On the other forum, a few people posted and a discussion got going, and they diagnosed a few people who have problems!! so maybe i can help a few here.

Maybe, maybe not

Car:

Leon Cupra (AUQ)
106k Miles
210bhp
Mainly Short Journeys
Top up every 4months (ish)

(reason for this thread, is my oil level light came on this morning and it reminded me of that thread lol)

 

[akchappers]

hi
i check mine quite often and i have only needed to top up once every 6 months and even then it wasnt nowhere near the min mark. and it does lots of short journeys during the week when anna drives it but gets a bit of a heavier foot at the weekends.we also do lots of 180 mile round trips too
ak

 

[Mo Arif]

As the car gets older with more mileage, you normally end up topping up more often, unless it's been maintained to a pristine level.

 

[Klone]

As the car gets older with more mileage, you normally end up topping up more often, unless it's been maintained to a pristine level.

absolutely, but some people just top their cars up without thinking, so thought if they post here and someone goes "WHAT?!" then they might get it fixed.

Like the blocked oil pickup pipe etc

 

[Gnollins]

2003 LCR 210
107K miles

have owned the car for 5 years, can count on one hand the number of times I've had to top up the oil between services!

Always serviced early (prob every 8 or 9K miles) and always use Mobil 1 0w-40.

 

[seantdi]

05 fr pd150 tdi
90k miles
never uses oil between services

 

[oldskool]

never uses any oil.

 

[oldman]

04 cupra tdi
113k
never uses oil between services

 

[Dyscontinued]

05 LCR
90k
1 litre every 6 months.

 

[Captain Cupra]

None ever ever!

 

[LEE69]

non between services

 

[allh2k]

ASV tdi 110 130k used to top up half litre half way through service but seems to have corrected itself haha

No one said no dervs ha

 

[sambryant]

i dont seem to use any

 

[dholdi]

I've never had to top mine up either.

 

[GoogleBear]

probably used a litre between the last service up til now, could it be indicating a problem perhaps ??

on about 75k using Titan Gt1 5w-40

 

[Andy3004]

2004 LC
AUQ
104k with remap since 37k
never ever used a drop

 

[allh2k]

ASV tdi 110 130k used to top up half litre half way through service but seems to have corrected itself haha

No one said no dervs ha

I remember now swapped to diff oil dunno what but went back to mobile1 or whatever its called now n no problems

 

[Henjo24]

LCR 210 57k Never used top ups.

 

[GoogleBear]

Now I'm getting a bit concerned, any ideas why mine seems to be using more than everybody elses

 

[Lodey23]

only when i had a dirty split in a hose, but now they are all replaced, never had to top up at all