The GTI was sounding a bit "dry" yesterday I so took it round the block to get it to operating temperature and check the oil.

When I got back the oil was barely reading on the dipstick, so my hair turned blonde thinking the sump was completely empty, not 1mm below the bottom of the dipstick, put 4L of oil in.

A couple of hundred metres down the road and the exhaust turned into an industrial smoke stack of blue smoke. I shat it an pulled over immediately.

Thinking the motor was toast I decided to check the oil again. You guessed it, it was about 4cm above the max mark on the dipstick.

I started it up, much to the disgust of the girl parked behind me and coasted home.

Now that's said, is there a process I should follow to sort this out properly?

I am going to drain the oil obviously and put new stuff in but are there any other precautions I should take?

Cheers