Thanks gordon,

It has occured to me that the oil was at min when I bought it but seems highly unlikely as it had just been serviced. Surely any mechanic is not gonna forget to refill after an oil change? I guess human error is always porrible tho.

Apologies for my lack of knowledge but what exactly is an extended peiod of over run?

Think I understand the rest of you advice; slow breaking using engine for 20secs then get back on the power? Lookm for oil smoke in rear view mirror.

Thanks agian

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Edited by bassplayer88 on 07/12/2015 at 17:42

Will do. Much appreicated

Thank you eleckie.

There is definately an oil leak. Seems to only occur when the car is going fast / doing high revs.

Stopped on my way home tonight at a services and the engine had clearly leaked some oil onto the wet ground. Noticed it as soon as I got out of the car. Let the car cool down when I reached my destination have now checked the dipstick and The has used about a quarter of its oil doing 50 miles on the motorway.

Looking at the engine bay there is clearly oil on the drivers side of the engine towards the bottom. Possibly from the seal round the sump and/or possibly higher.

What's my next course of action?

Back to dealer or to a local independent mechanic?

Any advice appreciated.

My brothers Seat Ibiza was suffering this same phenomenon, unfortunately the problem is down to the vw engineers when the 3 cylinder 1.2 engine was designed, most cars nearly all have both a cam breather as well as a crankcase breather, all routed through a PCV system (positive crankcase ventilation) this is positive crankcase and cam cover mechanical pressure caused by build up and blow by, this vents and is drawn into the air intake recycling it via a valve, the 1.2 has a cam cover breather but does not have a crank breather, I’ve looked extensively.. this causes a major problem, at low speed the problem is not so severe but at higher revs the pressure cannot vent, the pressure will then escape one of a few ways, out of leaks in the sump gasket or seals or pushed up past the pistons taking oil with it burning it in the combustion chamber, fully synthetic oil doesn’t visually smoke very much so goes largely unnoticed, these engines all suffer with oil loss symtoms but VW won’t ever admit why, this is why.. To solve the issue I have removed the dipstick and fitted a pipe onto it teed into the cam cover ventilation system, to test pull the dip stick out and start the car, when you turn off the engine you will hear the gurgle of pressure equalising. Not one of VW’s most amazing technically designed marvels this engine. Jim

So the return oilways from the cam cover to the sump don't let crankcase blowby up into the cam cover to be vented? Or does the blowby force oil from the camshaft out of the cam vent instead of letting it drain to the sump?