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Re: [T3] oil consumption


On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 20:43, Kevin Guarnotta wrote:

> 
> Anyway we get to the dealer, and I ask the guy behind the counter about it,
> and he says-the engine can burn a quart per 1000 miles and still be within
> spec, he then went on to say it had something to do with fuel efficiency
> etc. 
> 
> I don't buy it.  How could you possibly engineer an automobile, that would
> burn a quart of oil per 1000 miles and still be within spec. My VW's don't
> burn that much oil, and they get better mileage that this new Audi.
> 
> Anyone else ever heard this?
> 
> 
I hate to say it, but most car manufacturers say something similar to
this. VW, when I was at the dealers said that 1 qt every 750 miles was
not excessive oil consumption. This is an out for them when it comes to
oil use.
BUT, my 1992 Dakota pickup does use/leak a quart every 1500 miles. But
it has 160,000 miles on it.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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