Audi A3 burning oil

Driving the car with the oil level below min will wear the engine so get it topped up asap.

Regarding burning oil I reckon a modern car should burn less than a litre of oil in 5000 miles. (mine has 120k on the clock, is 22 years old and uses less than a litre in 10,000 miles) As the engine wears it will burn more. When it gets bad the exhaust smoke will look blue aspecially on over run from high revs.

If you are burning oil it should show up high hydrocarbons on the emissions test they do for the MOT. A friendly garage will probaby test your exhaust emissions for the price of a beer.

Check it's not a leaking oil too.

Regarding what oil to use you could give Unipart a ring and if you tell them the reg of your car they will tell you the appropriate type of oil. ie the w rating and whether to use semi synthectic or fully synthetic.

If you go here and put in reg no or car details it will tell you what oil .

http://www.castrol.com/castrol/iframe.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7044829

Re, using oil , seems to be a common complaint on the A3 .

petrol cars on annual sevricing use 10w40 semi synthetic
diesel cars on annual sevricing use 5w30 semi synthetic
long life servicing use 0w30 fully synthetc

Ignore the advice above from " delboy11" as it is wrong and it's very important that you use correct oil ,always check first .For example from Castrol site .

Ford Focus
Duratec 16V Ti-VCT

2005 - 2008

Engine (P) Magnatec 5W-30 A1 4.1

FORD

Fiesta 1.25i 16V Zetec

2003 - 2008

Engine (P) Magnatec 5W-30 A1 3.8

i wouldnt ignore advise on this one as i worked for audi and i do know what oil that has to be used accordin to VAg specfication

What engine oil should i use for my audi A3 ?

do not use magnatex only use 5/30 fully synthetic long life oil wich vw/ audi recomend trust me it is important
Source(s):
mechanic over 30 years
1 year ago


Plus your suggestion does not specify Audis but refers to all cars .

i work at audi for 10 years and that is the oil audi told us we have to use. also i hae been on numerous audi tranning courses at the national learning center in milton keynes. I am currently a master technician for VW so i should know what oil audis take

Well you should know and will have to disagree with the other poster ( " mechanic over 30 years " )on what should be used on that car .Plus again , you refer to all cars in your post .

i am referingto the audi a3 as that is the car this person has asked about. if i wasnt refering to the a3 i wouldnt have mentioned anything about the oil. plus in a earlier post you mentioned about what oil fords use which has to relavence to this vehicle

As a FINAL post on this saga , you stated in your post " petrol cars on annual sevricing use 10w40 semi synthetic " which is wrong .I then used the Fords as an example of the correct oil they use .This was to let people see that it's important to check that they get the correct grade / type of oil as the wrong oil can cause engine problems and also invalidate car warranty .