1.4 BBY petrol, heavy oil consumption

I have an 03 BBY engine. The manual says that it can use 1/2 litre every 1000Km which I believe is about 620 miles. When I got my car the previous user serviced it before I got it. Stupidly I didn't check what oil was used. I had to top up at 660 miles after I received the car with the oil I carry which was VW/Audi synthetic 5W/30. The next fill was at 880 miles and The one after that 1240 miles. I got it serviced and they filled it with new synthetic 5W/30 and I have now run nearly 1500 miles with no top up.

From what I read here, The BBY engine is more likely to use oil but I was alarmed by my usage. Refilling with 5W/30 may not have resolved it but it has made it manageable! I'm still carrying oil though....
 
My 03 BBY gets driven short trips in central London about 5 or 6 days a week on average.
It then gets a weekend (most weekends) of long motorway heavy drives of 450 - 650 miles.
I top up 1/2 litre about every 2000 miles with this type of driving. Mileage is now 115,800
 
Surely you haven't locked up that many miles yet Louis ?
Well the last owner said he never really had to top it up :) (He normally did a service every 10k)

He said he checked the oil every 5k to make sure it was still at the right level and he said it went down around 300ml every 5k

So it’s not bad at all :)
 
I have an 03 BBY engine. The manual says that it can use 1/2 litre every 1000Km which I believe is about 620 miles. When I got my car the previous user serviced it before I got it. Stupidly I didn't check what oil was used. I had to top up at 660 miles after I received the car with the oil I carry which was VW/Audi synthetic 5W/30. The next fill was at 880 miles and The one after that 1240 miles. I got it serviced and they filled it with new synthetic 5W/30 and I have now run nearly 1500 miles with no top up.

From what I read here, The BBY engine is more likely to use oil but I was alarmed by my usage. Refilling with 5W/30 may not have resolved it but it has made it manageable! I'm still carrying oil though....

1000 kilometers, no miles, that sort of makes sense a bit more
 
1.4 TDI AMF, about 400ml per 10,000 miles. no leaks just a little oil mist around the turbo / back of engine
that at 164K miles

Wiffy had a 1.6 BPM mini cooper (now sold) that COULD use oil, around a litre every 1000 miles
 
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