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Re: Oil consumption Posted by Bill Homer [Email]

(#3427) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Bill Homer) on Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:13:49

In Reply to: Re: Oil consumption, DE

[Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:09:06 Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

re: "Well with a 9-5 you dump it at 5k miles, so I'm not sure you use any less even if the Audi is burning away."

Of course the SAAB uses less: in that 5000 miles, you may have to add four quarts (or more) of oil in the Audi just to keep the level above the minimum. In addition to being something else to think about with your new car, it's an unexpected added expense at $8+/quart for synthetic.

Pay some attention to this. My former 1996 A4 (bought new) burned oil at about a quart per 1100 miles when new. Audi says that that is "within spec", as their spec is a quart per 1000 miles. As these cars age, it only gets worse as the seals start leaking.

Note that my low mileage 2001 A6 is somewhat better, but nowhere as good as my SAAB 9000 with 200,000 miles on it.

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turbo 4s now in vogue, don_young , Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:13:01
- Test drove Audi A4, Dano in Texas , Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:46:47
  - Re: Test drove Audi A4, DE , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:51:05
    - Re: Test drove Audi A4, Dano in Texas , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:56:21
      - Oil consumption, Noel, Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:05:54
        Re: Oil consumption, Ultimated, Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:05:34
        Re: Oil consumption, DE , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:09:06
        Re: Oil consumption, Bill Homer , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:13:49 <-- Viewing This Message
        Re: Oil consumption, DE , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:32:17
        Re: Oil consumption, No Snaab, Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:59:21
        "Spec" or not..., Noel, Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:53:39
        Awareness, DE , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:24:59
        Re: Awareness, Snowmobile , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:20:53
        Re: Awareness, DE , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:48:58
        Re: Awareness, Snowmobile , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:53:24
        Re: Awareness, DE , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:38:50
        But wait there's more, No Snaab, Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:24:34
        Re: "Spec" or not..., JimBlake , Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:08:03
  - Re: good luck finding a dealer who isn't a joke. nm, Simon S, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:17:54
    - Ain't that the truth, JMF, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:12:25
  - Re: Test drove Audi A4, AlS, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:00:41
    - Slow Audis, AdamB , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:58:59
    - C30 vs A4, Dano in Texas , Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:25:33
- 3 series has turbo 4 base engine, ponytrekker, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:29:15
  - Boo, Finch, Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:35:13
    - Why do the Turbo6's have so little specific output, Tim, Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:20:59
  - 5 series too .. and this is in the US market!, dmz789qqq, Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:44:15
- Re: Ford Edge Eco-Boost, lowbar, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:48:45
- Toyota and Honda left behind with no turbo 4's. NM, Norm9-5, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:13:17
  - both have done turbos..., jeff in MD, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:56:32
    - Consumer Reports article on small engine turbo cars, Walt , Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:39:10
      - Typical CR cluelessness, Noel, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:44:05
        What I posted on CR's discussion page, Noel, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:43:51
        Good job Noel!, Norm9-5, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:00:25
        Re: Good job Noel! +1 n/m, JohnA , Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:21:23
        Re: Yep: say more about ford and GM than anything. nm, Simon S, Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:38:46
        Re: Typical CR cluelessness, Dano in Texas , Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:51:27

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