I know that Turbos eat oil like crazy and I am half way down on my meter. How much oil should I add to get her back to the correct level.

Plus, how often is this necessary. I heard that in the beginning during break-in they will require more. Is this true?

 

The manual indicates how much oil represents one bar on the meter. It might be 1/8 or 1/4 qt. per bar...can't remember w/o referring to the manual for sure...

 

I think the whole meter involves around one quart. It is in the manual and I think it is one bar = 1/8 quart. Never put too much oil in. And don't forget that the car has greater than 8 quarts of oil in it, so the gauge has to do with the very top of the oil pool. In other words, don't panic if you are at the bottom of the gauge.

 

I wait until 1-2 bars above the minimum mark and add an entire quart.

 

I usually have my oil level about 2 bars down from max. Granted its a different engine type, but the same basic engine/oil system. Turbos do tend to burn more oil, especialy when being broken in.

 

Mine was at 1 bar after about 1000 miles. I had to add a quart and one half and am still down two bars.

 

According to the manual 1 bar = 1/4 quart. The difference between min and max is 1.6 quarts.

 

Added a full quart and now only one bar down from the top. Thanks for the tips.