2017 Audi Q7 3.0T has high oil consumption
08-07-2018, 11:11 AM
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2017 Audi Q7 3.0T has high oil consumption
I just got a 2017 Q7 3.0TFSI in December 2017 to replace my 2007 4.2FSI Q7 (miss the engine). However, the new Q7 has been using quite an excessive amount of oil. At around 5000 miles, I already had to top it up from low (had about 3/4 remaining from dealer). I'm not sure if this is normal, but my A6 doesn't have this problem. At 7500 miles, it's already at a little above half full. I don't see or smell any oil leaks. What is going on? Could this be a problem with the supercharger? Thanks for your help!
08-07-2018, 02:01 PM
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I just got a 2017 Q7 3.0TFSI in December 2017 to replace my 2007 4.2FSI Q7 (miss the engine). However, the new Q7 has been using quite an excessive amount of oil. At around 5000 miles, I already had to top it up from low (had about 3/4 remaining from dealer). I'm not sure if this is normal, but my A6 doesn't have this problem. At 7500 miles, it's already at a little above half full. I don't see or smell any oil leaks. What is going on? Could this be a problem with the supercharger? Thanks for your help!
08-07-2018, 03:01 PM
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I just got a 2017 Q7 3.0TFSI in December 2017 to replace my 2007 4.2FSI Q7 (miss the engine). However, the new Q7 has been using quite an excessive amount of oil. At around 5000 miles, I already had to top it up from low (had about 3/4 remaining from dealer). I'm not sure if this is normal, but my A6 doesn't have this problem. At 7500 miles, it's already at a little above half full. I don't see or smell any oil leaks. What is going on? Could this be a problem with the supercharger? Thanks for your help!
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08-10-2018, 05:22 AM
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08-10-2018, 05:40 AM
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I believe in the US dealers use Castrol Edge Full synthetic 5W-30LL, where "LL" per my recollections stands for Audi/VW spec compliance.
As for the engine wear prevention and making your car's engine work more efficiently one might try using Liqui Moly Cera Tec:
I tried Cera Tec on my previous two vehicles, but with no observable differences before/after. But I do not keep vehicles past 70K miles, thus they were comparably new. One of my friends who travels a lot due to his business requirements used this additive on his two years old Acura with 215K miles on it with significant improvements reported after 60-70 miles of driving after oil change. According to his report, a slightly better MPG and very noticeable improvement in engine smoothness/ lower noise was the result of his experiment.
As for the engine wear prevention and making your car's engine work more efficiently one might try using Liqui Moly Cera Tec:
I tried Cera Tec on my previous two vehicles, but with no observable differences before/after. But I do not keep vehicles past 70K miles, thus they were comparably new. One of my friends who travels a lot due to his business requirements used this additive on his two years old Acura with 215K miles on it with significant improvements reported after 60-70 miles of driving after oil change. According to his report, a slightly better MPG and very noticeable improvement in engine smoothness/ lower noise was the result of his experiment.
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