My wife bought a CPO 2007 A4 2.0 Turbo with 6,900 mi. on it in Feb.'09. Car always used a quart every 1500-1800 mi. Most people do not know that when dipstick is all the down, it only needs 1 qt. Found that out after adding 2 and had dealer drain it. Now, with 51,000 mi. and warranty out in 3/13, I check several Audi forums and found consumption problem is worldwide, and multi year, multi make (VW also, same engine).Some of the issue is batches of parts (ring) from suupplier. The problem is large enough to seriously damage the parent company's financial strength. Much like GM and the "C" cars of 1980 (citation, olds omega) there is an Audi "unpublished" repair program going on. The two part oil test,(Audi will not share the results wit the customer) is somewhat arbitrary in terms of how the dealer responds. The more the customer knows about the worldwide problem, and politely informs the service manager, with copies from the forums, the more likely one is to obtain at least a ring job. I have read of ring jobs, top end jobs, and whole engine replacements. Some under warranty, some after. Some as "a courtesy", some painfully paid for by the customer. It is only a matter of time before a class action suit is filed, as Toyota recently paid $1.5 Billion related to surging acceleration and "lost resale value". However, waiting for for a lawsuit to save you is being a victim, and the lawyers make more than anyone, so here is some advice. A) Track your oil consumption B)get informed from various Audi-related forums, C) be your own informed advocate, D) think creatively. My wife and her colleagues with the same car all expierienced similar oil consumption. Once I read that a very expensive ring job (at the least) would inevitably be required far sooner than justified (though sometime in the future, say, 80-100m miles), I went to our very friendly (upscale town) dealer. The agreed to do the second test, where they change the oil, weigh what they put in, and then weight what comes out after 600mi or 1000km (or anything less than 1,0000 mi, said the service mgr). Hypothetically speaking, if one had a oil change vacum (goes down the oil dipstick tube and draws out oil, about $50), one could ensure that one's car failed the test, hopefully gaining at least a ring job.(more if the consumption is 1qt per 500m, but then the warning light would come on before the test was complete). Assuming, of course, one is under warranty at the time. In about 800 mi., my wife's A4 was down to the "needs oil now" part of the dipstick, i.e., it had used at least a quart in <900 mi.(that's the threshold for warranty repair work). The dealer said "the car passed the test" (really? how?)"but Audi approved a piston ring job for your car."(another case of an $8,000 "courtesy repair", I think not, I had discussed the worldwide issue with him in a friendly manner on earlier visits, so he knew that I knew the potential legal liability for Audi) Note of advice and caution. The larger the dealer, the more likely they are to be cooperative. One reason is they probably have a mechanic on site that does nothing but serious engine work. That makes a big difference as to how much of a hassle it is for them to get the job done, and done well. So pick your dealer well. For those of you out of warranty, I'd recomend collecting all the info you can and filing a pro-se (no lawyer) claim against Audi of America in Small Claims court for the max $ in your state, whether that be $3 grand or $15. If carefully filed, and accepted by the court, it will cost Audi more to send a lawyer and anser the complaint than to just repair your car. Do your homework first though. Good luck.
Virgo
