[Bug Bug]

Hey everyone. My beetle is a 1999 with 102 000 kms (sorry I'm Canadian) and I am slowly burning oil. There is no blue smoke coming out of my exhaust and I am not leaking it. Do beetles have PCV valves??? My friends and I are thinking that my problem may be coming from. If not then its getting on top of the pistons and I am not rich enough to have VW take my engine apart to find out... HELP ME!!!

 

[Porkchop]

If it is a 2.0L it is burning oil because it needs new rings. This is a common 2.0L problem. Do a search at the old forums (forums.newbeetle.org) and you'll find many references to it.

 

[Fowvay]

The 2.0 is a known oil burner, nothing really to do about it except install new rings like it was allready suggested.

 

[hannaco]

As a stop gap measure, try using a slightly thicker oil. Such as Esso 0w-40. It will make winter starting easer as well.

 

[rcy]

As a stop gap measure, try using a slightly thicker oil. Such as Esso 0w-40. It will make winter starting easer as well.

Look for the Esso XD-3 Ow40. It's a full PAO synthetic for roughly $4 a litre. You're practically stealing it at that price (a full PAO!!!). It's a HDEO (i.e geared towards diesel but perfectly OK to use in a gasoline engine and you might find it helps clean the engine). The only caveat is, if you're really burning a lot of oil, I've read that burning diesel oil can poison your cat (not the one that goes meow either).

Oh, btw, there is no PCV valve on the 2.0