Oil...

[Ti Kan]

Dan DiBiase writes:
> 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 -

My recommendation is Mobil-1 0W-40 every 5K mile interval on all
recent Audi turbocharged engines.  For Audi Advantage dealer maintenance
visits, you can bring your own oil and tell them to use it instead of
their standard oil.

Always use OEM filters.  Don't use crap like Fram.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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