[A4] Oil Break In....

[Dan DiBiase]

--- Brett's Email <brett.messimer at york.com> wrote:

> Yes, I just went through this with my 02 A4 1.8TQM.  Had the oil changed
> every 5k miles from the day I bought it with 29 miles on the clock. 
> Used
> the stealership for the first 50k miles, used a jiffy lube type place
> afterwards.  At 69k miles the engine had the sludge issue.  Audi covered
> it,
> but I still had to prove I had the oil changes AT LEAST every 10k miles.
>  My
> feeling (after dealing with the Audi twits) was that had I kept to their
> 10k
> mile change, it would NOT have been covered, even though that is what
> Audi
> recommends.  This wasn't said directly or openly, but the nuances of
> what
> they said clearly implied that Audi was looking for any way to get out
> of
> fixing my engine.  
> 
> Moral of the story?  Change the oil every 5k miles and use synthetic.

Brett, this is interesting..... Did you use dino oil or synthetic? I
assume you were using the orignal, smaller filter....? Did you end up
having the engine replaced?

Thanks,

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA