Oil...

[Todd Young]

With the turbo engine, I would definitely go with synthetic. It may cost 
a little more, but the protection it offers over dino oil is well worth it.

Oh, and stick with Audi OEM filters. DO NOT use FRAM.

If you don't want to pay dealer cost for filters, contact Rod at The 
Parts Connection.

http://www.thepartsconnection.com/

Dan DiBiase wrote:
> Hi, as I am coming up on my first oil change (I am strictly following
> Audi's guidelines here), I'm interested in thoughts on synthetic oil. I
> have never used it and never had any problems with previous cars using
> dino oil. My question is, with Audi recommending 10k between changes
> (based on the free scheduled maintenance at 5k, 15k, etc.) I am a little
> concerned about using the dino oil if I am not going to do interim changes
> (in the past I have strictly adhered to 3k - 5k oil and filter changes
> using regular oil). So, I guess my choices are -
> 
> 1 - Stay with Audi's recommendations on change interval and oil (since the
>      car came with dino oil, I assume that is their recommendation...)
> 
> 2 - The above but use synthetic oil.
> 
> 3 - Perform interim changes every 3k - 5k using dino oil.
> 
> 4 - The above using synthetic.
> 
> I plan to keep the car indefinitely - next car is my wife's, and then the
> college years will be starting............
> 
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
> Central NJ USA
> 
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Todd Young
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