Hi Everyone,
I bought a 2013 1.8 tfsi A5 convertible a month ago privately.
I did my due diligence. The car had 64K miles on it and had a full Audi SH for most of its life and full independent SH in recent years. it had passed every MOT without a single advisory. Fly wheel and Belt was recently changed and it looked like money had been spent on the car as needed. The car was tatty though...I got the impression the last owner wasn't a car person and did nothing to the upkeep of the car until it was time to service and MOT etc. Anyway.....
After 3 days of ownership the oil light came on. Naturally my heart sank as I was nervy having just bought the car and knowing the of the potential problem. I added 0.5L of oil and tripped the odometer.
The oil light has come on again after 530 miles of driving.
It's worth noting that it's freezing outside and I've been heading to work at 6am when the car is iced up etc.
My question is....is this the dreaded oil consumption issue or potentially something else?
I bought a FL car deliberately to avoid this so are their cases of this happening on FL cars?
Thanks in advance,
Greg
I bought a 2013 1.8 tfsi A5 convertible a month ago privately.
I did my due diligence. The car had 64K miles on it and had a full Audi SH for most of its life and full independent SH in recent years. it had passed every MOT without a single advisory. Fly wheel and Belt was recently changed and it looked like money had been spent on the car as needed. The car was tatty though...I got the impression the last owner wasn't a car person and did nothing to the upkeep of the car until it was time to service and MOT etc. Anyway.....
After 3 days of ownership the oil light came on. Naturally my heart sank as I was nervy having just bought the car and knowing the of the potential problem. I added 0.5L of oil and tripped the odometer.
The oil light has come on again after 530 miles of driving.
It's worth noting that it's freezing outside and I've been heading to work at 6am when the car is iced up etc.
My question is....is this the dreaded oil consumption issue or potentially something else?
I bought a FL car deliberately to avoid this so are their cases of this happening on FL cars?
Thanks in advance,
Greg