# VW/Audi 1.8T Oil Consumption **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** jetta, volkswagen, oil\ **Created:** [April 2, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287 "2011-04-02T23:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287/21 "2011-04-04T20:54:42Z")
OK, $1700 was me WAG’ing at taxes added in. You check it out: 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg, 1.8T. Turbo unit (either listed in the fuel area or in exhaust - some places list it in both). Best price I’ve found was $1674 at O’Reilly’s. A couple hundred more at Advance, made by the same company…and those are reman’s. Just got off the phone with the dealer…$1150, plus gaskets and tax. That’s actually better, which surprises me. ---
**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287/22 "2011-04-04T21:06:33Z")
I’ll have the wife follow me tonight when I get home and see what happens. I’ll have to improvise on the “hill” part, though. I live in South Texas (don’t hate me for it), and I think it was the site of the worlds largest “Mountain Removal Project”, because it’s very flat. And…shame on me. I’ve been doing this long enough I should have, but no, I didn’t do compression tests. Crap. I’ll get on that, too. And yes…I know. The way I drive will indeed come back to haunt me, but I’ll enjoy every minute until then. 🙂 Seriously though…this is why I’m so…anal?..about the services. I do a complete bumper to bumper inspection, line check, all hoses, mounts, exhaust, fuel system, transaxle, everything. Every 5K miles. I dedicate that day to the vehicle once I pull it into the garage. If there are things that I need to check that I don’t…well, it’ll just add a bit more time to it. I can’t think of any, though. I’m VERY concerned that this particular vehicle runs right, all the time. It’s my wife’s daily driver, and if I have to deal with a problem, fine, but I do not want her stuck on the side of any road…ever. She’s probably going to end up with a new one after this, anyway. She just likes this little car so much, I want to keep it going for her. ---
**Author:** ![genex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@genex](https://community.cartalk.com/u/genex)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287/23 "2011-04-04T23:02:47Z")
[http://www.germanautoparts.com/Volkswagen/Passat/Engine/229/2](http://www.germanautoparts.com/Volkswagen/Passat/Engine/229/2) ---
**Author:** ![oldwrench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@oldwrench](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldwrench)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287/24 "2011-04-07T22:55:33Z")
Have you looked at the vehicle on a lift yourself? At 400K my BMW started consuming oil. Valve Guides worn.Its possible a valve seal or seals have deteriorated.You won’t see much coming out of the tailpipe. I would re check the PCV system as previously posted. I also agree your Turbo could be the problem ---
**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287/25 "2011-04-19T22:49:10Z")
Well, guys, I only bring this back to life to let you know what I’ve found out. Nothing. That’s right, zip, nada, doo-doo…and the thing’s stopped using/burning/whatever it was doing to the oil. I’ll tell you what happened (that I consider to be entirely unrelated, but…). Wife calls as I’m on my way to work, car won’t start. Crap, right? Yep…so I turn around, head back, jump the car, and it fires right up, runs like a champ, and I figure, what the heck, I’ll just take it. She takes my truck, I take her car, and we’re off. 20 minutes later, I’m no longer off, but sitting on the side of the road, waiting on a tow home. Alternator. Dead. SO…since I had to work on it, I also topped off the oil…again…and with the new alternator installed, it hasn’t used a drop of oil in the last 750 miles (and yes, it’s still on the 5-30 version - service is ~800 miles away). Ideas? I’m fresh out and stumped. Wife’s out of town, and I’ve been driving (yes, like I stole it) for most of those miles, and it’s just a-runnin’ like a raped ape. Edit: I also followed the suggestions, and checked the turbo (when I did the alternator - why waste the whole day, right?). Removed it, with new gaskets all around. No faults there. Very clean. I was pleasantly surprised…and flummoxed. Chase [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-audi-1-8t-oil-consumption/63287.md?page=1)