2002 V6 oil burning

[katone]

Originally Posted by gtechtv

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Notice how the 2.8L V6 30V engine was quickly replaced by the 3.0L V6 30V engine in the Audi line up!!! Also notice how VW is now using the famous VR6 engines in the 3.2L and 3.6L versions!!!

I wouldn t really say "quickly"... the 2.8 v6 audi was on the market for a great while. and I think they are now releasing the 3.0 as an upgrade from the past line of audis (just like the 2.0t instead of 1.8t, and 4.2 s4 instead of 2.7t s4)

the 2.8 v6 consumes oil, but it s still a great engine, very confortable to drive! after all the oil consumtion doesn t affect the peformance much, does it?

[usjoi]

was still observing 1/2 - 1 qt every 1000mi. Still not happy with that.
Driving to work the other day, I smelled (literally) trouble.
Upon opening the hood there was smoke from the back of the engine compartment and pressure build up observed when I pulled the dipstick.

Had it towed to the dealer and they diagnosed that the PCV valve and tube were plugged/clogged and that the cam seals were blown.

Not hard for me to believe that the oil burning led to the plugging of the PCV valve which in turn blew up the tubing and the cam seals.

now I'm looking at $1000 to fix all that. Just got off the phone with VW customer service and opened a complaint.

Maybe they'll pay for the fix. I hope that my oil consumption was from leaking at the cam seals vs 'old fashioned' oil burning, otherwise I'm going to keep having this problem

[miteshg]

Its the same with V4 Turbo as well. I have a 2002 Turbo and I have put 67000 mi on it. Laterly I have noticed a huge drop in power. I too was thinking this is me getting used to the car. But a week ago I drove a Honda Accord of a friend of mine and after driving that car I feel Passat has no power. It sucks!!!!!

[Flynblueskies]

Wow! I do not know whether I should feel relieved that I am not the only one or scared that this is a common problem. Yesterday my 02 passat also told me to STOP after making a sharp turn, I pulled over and it also said I had low oil pressure, I pulled out the dipstick only to discover there was no oil registering. I put in a few quarts and went back to were my car had been parked for the past month while I was traveling and there was no oil on the ground??? I looked underneath the vehicle to see if there were any visible drips and again nothing..I just bought the vehicle about 2500 miles ago when it was at 40K. It had just had an oil change and I drove it about 1500 miles home and then just locally, I had no idea how I could not have any oil left? Unfortunately my warranty just ran out so I am at a loss at what to do. I will keep up with these posts to see what pans out for everyone else..but in the mean time feel free to give me any suggestions. Thanks!

[packplus]

I have just bought an 04 passat atq v6 30v 2.8l with 6500 miles on it. I bought it from an insurance company. Car was involved in a minor front end collision. Insurance had it repaied at some shop where they took it upon themselves to change timing belt. When they put new belt on they messed up. They start the engine and bend valves. They just sold it as is. So I had a german tech friend of mine open up the engine and to my great surprise, the pistons look rusty. This is an engine with only 6500 miles on it. The head gasket was slightly leaking too. The tech thinks that VW is using poor quality oil in their engines or somehow there was humidity in the oil. Although a long shot, this could be what causes the engines to start using oil.

[usjoi]

well I got VW to pay for half of the bill (still cost me $570!)
they replaced the blown cam tensioning seals and the PCV valve and tubing
(also replaced a faulty temp coolant sensor....not related to the oil)

however, I just checked the dipstick about one month after the fix....oil level is still dropping. Barely on the last tick mark

I just don't get it !

Also noticed a yellow frothy sludge at the top part of the dipstick. Not sure what that's all about

I guess I'll have to keep a case of oil in the trunk and top it off with every 2nd or 3rd gas fill up.....just like grampa used to do back in the 30's.

so much for advancing the technology

[packplus]

Ok I believe i have this figured. I actually contacted somebody who works in VW germany. He says it is quite normal for these engines to eat up anywhere from 3/4 quart to 1 n1/4 quart every 2000 miles. He justified this by the fact that these engines have too many parts in motion and do consume oil due to excessive friction. So now I know to keep some oil in the trunk.

[usjoi]

thanks for checking all the way back to Deutchland !
However,I am a mechanical engineer, and while I appreciate lots of moving parts, I don't buy the fact that they can't or won't build something that doesn't burn (yes burn) oil.
There are plenty of other automakers that build high quality engines with just as many moving parts as VW's, that don't burn oil (Honda comes to mind)

sorry to be pissy about it

[agiftedcurse]

I am having the same problem with my car as well, its an 02 with only 66k on it. The oil pressure light will come on every so often and oil will be low. The car also has trouble starting every so often and when it does it will smoke some white smoke. I believe it is burning somewhere that it can get into the exhaust? I haven't taken it in anywhere because I don't want to pay out a lot of money. Love the car but not happy with the oil it burns mostly how much I paid for the car.