wuzzat VAG tool?

[Iain Atkinson]

I wonder why this variance in service intervals should differ between US and
UK????

Iain
-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Kan [mailto:ti at amb.org]
Sent: 06 July 2001 00:23
To: Iain Atkinson
Cc: Ti Kan; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: wuzzat VAG tool?


Iain Atkinson writes:
> How odd,
> in the Uk it's 10k miles or 12 months, unless from Sept last year you
bought
> a new Audi on AVS ( Audi Variable Servicing) which means dependin how and
> where the car is driven you may not a first yes first service for 2 years
or
> 20K miles. The oil used in these cars is so thin 0w30 mostly,  by Castrol
> and Mobil. All according to the dealership i work in anyway. This for both
> petrol and diesel motors apart from i believe the 115 bhp tdi engine,
turbo
> or non turbo.

In the US, Audi does not use the variable servicing system.  The car's
service interval reminder system is programmed to come on at fixed
mileage intervals.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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