2012 A6 high oil consumption
08-22-2016, 10:52 AM
#51
Audiworld Junior Member
Just found this thread and got curious about what the thoughts on the oil consumption are now that more time has passed since the MY2012 launch of the C7 engine. The prompt to add more oil came up for my 2012 A6 at around 60K miles and I found it odd. I simply assumed they did not add the right quantity of oil during the last annual servicing which was just 3 months before the oil message came up.
08-22-2016, 11:54 AM
#52
AudiWorld Member
I had looked at my oil level in the MMI recently and it's got about 1/5-1/6 left, and last service was about 10-11 months ago. I think I typically stop in 1-2 times between annual service.
Not ideal, but the stop to get oil usually takes less than 5 minutes at the dealer.
Come to think of it, real misers can change their oil at home, and fill with just enough, and have the dealer pay for the rest. I wouldn't do that, nor would any self respecting Audi driver. I'm just saying some less owners might...
Not ideal, but the stop to get oil usually takes less than 5 minutes at the dealer.
Come to think of it, real misers can change their oil at home, and fill with just enough, and have the dealer pay for the rest. I wouldn't do that, nor would any self respecting Audi driver. I'm just saying some less owners might...
08-22-2016, 10:35 PM
#53
Audiworld Junior Member
I had looked at my oil level in the MMI recently and it's got about 1/5-1/6 left, and last service was about 10-11 months ago. I think I typically stop in 1-2 times between annual service.
Not ideal, but the stop to get oil usually takes less than 5 minutes at the dealer.
Come to think of it, real misers can change their oil at home, and fill with just enough, and have the dealer pay for the rest. I wouldn't do that, nor would any self respecting Audi driver. I'm just saying some less owners might...
Not ideal, but the stop to get oil usually takes less than 5 minutes at the dealer.
Come to think of it, real misers can change their oil at home, and fill with just enough, and have the dealer pay for the rest. I wouldn't do that, nor would any self respecting Audi driver. I'm just saying some less owners might...
08-23-2016, 05:52 AM
#54
I had looked at my oil level in the MMI recently and it's got about 1/5-1/6 left, and last service was about 10-11 months ago. I think I typically stop in 1-2 times between annual service.
Not ideal, but the stop to get oil usually takes less than 5 minutes at the dealer.
Come to think of it, real misers can change their oil at home, and fill with just enough, and have the dealer pay for the rest. I wouldn't do that, nor would any self respecting Audi driver. I'm just saying some less owners might...
Not ideal, but the stop to get oil usually takes less than 5 minutes at the dealer.
Come to think of it, real misers can change their oil at home, and fill with just enough, and have the dealer pay for the rest. I wouldn't do that, nor would any self respecting Audi driver. I'm just saying some less owners might...
08-24-2016, 08:47 AM
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08-24-2016, 09:35 AM
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08-24-2016, 10:02 AM
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08-28-2016, 06:08 AM
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Unless you bought a dipstick, and checked it when brand new for comaprison, you wouldn't know. You have to be down quite a bit before the electronic monitor registers.
I think part of the reason they stopped including dipsticks is because it's not uncommon to consume a bit of oil and people were coming in all the time and there's nothing they will do about it. It certainly wasn't the cost of the dipstick as the reason (probably a couple bucks in bulk).
I think part of the reason they stopped including dipsticks is because it's not uncommon to consume a bit of oil and people were coming in all the time and there's nothing they will do about it. It certainly wasn't the cost of the dipstick as the reason (probably a couple bucks in bulk).
08-28-2016, 07:01 AM
#59
AudiWorld Super User
There seems to be a common thread running here for the 3.0T. My oil is changed every 10K at the scheduled service intervals. At 43K miles I saw the first low oil warning and checked with my dipstick. I was down one quart (actually it's a liter which is 1.0567 quarts). That was 8000 mile since it was last changed. My guess is that's normal for this engine once it reaches several thousand miles.
