fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Sept 18, 2013 8:25:28 GMT
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Apologies for this question, far too new for this site, but my niece wants to buy a beetle of her friend - all I know its a 02 beetle 2.0 litre after telling her to ask her everything about it,reply comes back - it uses oil Ive googled this and it seems they do - is this correct? really? a VW which burns oil?? I have no idea on these things other than they were built on golf pinning's any assistance would be helpful as I she has set her heart on it and she being a 22 year old girl, is about as savvy on cars as I am on TOWIE and I don't want her blowing 1500 quid on something with knackered piston rings
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Sept 18, 2013 8:42:46 GMT
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It's well known in the trade these things always burn oil even the owners manual says it should be checked frequently
Will be the piston rings mate google it
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Sept 18, 2013 8:43:48 GMT
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How much oil and when/ where was it last serviced? its quite possible someone has chucked the wrong stuff in it which doesn't help at all...
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fred
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Sept 18, 2013 9:33:43 GMT
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It's well known in the trade these things always burn oil even the owners manual says it should be checked frequently Will be the piston rings mate google it I have googled it and various forums say yeah, nay still cant believe VW done a right old oil burner !!
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fred
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Sept 18, 2013 9:35:44 GMT
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How much oil and when/ where was it last serviced? its quite possible someone has chucked the wrong stuff in it which doesn't help at all... She - the owner says a litre every 6 months 5/40 semi syth been serviced regular - seems to be as I google a shoddy vw build, if such exists
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fred
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Sept 18, 2013 9:39:47 GMT
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Anything else to look out for? I'm blind on this one, just a vague description 2 litre 02 beetle thats all I got which i guess from a 22 year old girl who has no idea on what a car is is pretty descriptive - not...
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Sept 18, 2013 10:15:23 GMT
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Modern VWs aren't a patch on older models. But assuming average mileage driven a litre every six months isn't excessive. Just don't pay more because it's a VW, the build quality is average at best.
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Sept 18, 2013 10:15:40 GMT
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Server glitch, post appeared twice
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2013 10:18:23 GMT by taurus
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ChasR
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Sept 18, 2013 10:52:09 GMT
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Modern VWs aren't a patch on older models. But assuming average mileage driven a litre every six months isn't excessive. Just don't pay more because it's a VW, the build quality is average at best. This certainly seems to be the case despite what the naysayers would have you believe. A litre every 6 months (assuming average mileage per annum) does not sound too horrific.
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Sept 18, 2013 12:02:19 GMT
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Modern VWs aren't a patch on older models. But assuming average mileage driven a litre every six months isn't excessive. Just don't pay more because it's a VW, the build quality is average at best. This certainly seems to be the case despite what the naysayers would have you believe. A litre every 6 months (assuming average mileage per annum) does not sound too horrific. In the real world u can tell you that they use a lot more than this Shoddy oem piston rings and or oval bores Do a dry and wet compression test see what's what
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Mr S
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Sept 18, 2013 12:37:18 GMT
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My ex-wife has a 2000 2.0 Auto beetle and yeah, it burns oil. Needs topping up (i..e oil level warning light comes on) every couple of thousand miles or so.
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Sept 18, 2013 13:03:24 GMT
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I remember back when I was a lad, a company in Bradford who made pistons for the BL group couldn't keep up with an order, so they "lessened" the quality control tolerances for a while (searched through the "failed" box) to complete the order. You may remember Stags having a problem with oil burning? Nuff said!
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fred
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Sept 19, 2013 6:23:35 GMT
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Cheers Gentlemen, thought Id double check with the guru's here
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Sept 21, 2013 19:22:11 GMT
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We recently had a 2.0 beetle fail the MOT on emissions because of the oil it was burning.
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fred
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Sept 21, 2013 19:47:06 GMT
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We recently had a 2.0 beetle fail the MOT on emissions because of the oil it was burning. Well Ive showed my ditzy niece this thread and told her your gonna need to know basic stuff if you want to own this beetle - I will pass on this snip of good info thanks good buddy
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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