Joey3000

Hi Gareth

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately I got dazzled into buying the car off a roughneck trader on eBay in September.

Joe

On 6/13/2021 at 1:23 AM, Randal said:

We've just purchased a 2010 Audi A3 1.8 TFSI hatchback with 65K on the clock. We had a low oil light just after purchase and sent it to our Euro guru for a service thinking it was just low on oil. Service said the engine had good compression and no external leaks. Yesterday after travelling only 100km the low oil light came on and the dip stick showed not much oil. The exhaust has thick black soot although it does not blow smoke!

 

Any ideas?

Hi Randall

I've got exactly the same problem on an A3 1.8tfsi 2010 I bought in good faith last September. Although now I've got the very quickly wrecked spark plugs too!  Love to know what happened to your A3?!

Thanks Joe

On 1/1/2021 at 1:32 PM, Robindass said:

bellemareplage@ yahoo.com

I have the same problem wth my car. Audi a3 1.8TFSI / 2011. Apparently, after researching frm various Audi mechanics, it's the piston rings tht are faulty. N to get to the rings, it's a monumental job apparently. It seems that once dismantled , quite a few parts will need renewing . I hve contacted Audi dealership, but they've remanined silent so far. It is definitely a manufacturing fault, which they are trying to dismiss. I believed around 2015, quite of these 1.8/2.0 TFSI engines were recalled n though repaired by Audi dealership, the cars weren't doing so good because apparently the neccessary job weren't done. Has anyone repaired an engine n knows whts involved. My email address is : bellemareplage@yahoo.com. Will appreciate any feed back. Thx u .

Hi ,

I've got exactly the same problem on an A3 1.8tfsi 2010 I bought in good faith last September. Although now I've got the very quickly wrecked spark plugs too!  Love to know what happened to your A3?! Thanks Joe

On 6/12/2021 at 9:53 AM, Chris1993 said:

Hi magnet 

I had it serviced recently, so from full I got approximately 400ks before the light came on. Again Ive replaced the plugs across each cylinder once in that time. I removed the pcv pipe feeding the inlet manifold and closed it off (on the manifold side)  which did help, but again there’s oil residue getting in somewhere. I removed the intercooling pipe just below the throttle body and noticed some oil coating. But before stripping down and checking the oil level at the intercooler is it worth my time and money. I’m starting to lean towards a leak down test also. I haven’t ruled out valve stem seals but there’s no sign of smoking on starting. Now and again there is signs of moisture from the exhaust black in texture however not oil based. Proving hard to diagnose with the issues provided. Have you any advice on this? 

 

Cheers 

Chris 

Hi Chris

I've got exactly the same problem on an A3 1.8tfsi 2010 I bought in good faith last September. Although now I've got the very quickly wrecked spark plugs too!  Love to know what happened to your A3?! Thanks Joe

On 1/8/2023 at 3:43 PM, Mightyjimbob said:

I have a 60 plate Audi A3 1.8 Tfsi, I’ve had it around 4 months now. 
The engine management light has been on since I bought it, it’s had a full service once I got it with the correct oil and filters etc.
The engine management light is still on. 
The car is a bit lumpy when first started but runs absolutely fine after 30 seconds.
The only real issue I can see is I’m having to put 2 ltrs of oil in every 300 miles!! That can’t be normal right? 

Any suggestions as what the problem might be or how to solve it?

Reading these posts, I contacted my local Audi dealer and they did a quick reg check and said there were no known faults or recalls on this car. 
 

What should be my next step? 
 

I can’t afford to do major work on the car as it’s only worth 3-4K 

did anyone have any luck down the solicitors route with the no win no fee thing? 
 

thanks

Hi JimBob,

I've got exactly the same problem on an A3 1.8tfsi 2010 I bought in good faith last September. Although now I've got the very quickly wrecked spark plugs too!  Love to know what happened to your A3?! Thanks Joe