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Originally Posted by aigel View Post
POS. That is not normal. Sure, it won't break from that but totally bad design with "specs" made up later to avoid having to buy new engines. All my cars use minimal amounts (no refills between 10k oil change intervals). That incudes my VDub - 2011 TDI.

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To be frank, manual for my -93 Audi S4 says "up to 1L per 1000km is OK if driving hard" as well. But it seems that newer engines are using thinner oil control piston rings in order to lower friction losses, which inherently raises oil losses...
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