Oil Filter, 1.8T Engine

[Stephen Kormilo]

At 05:32 PM 01/07/04 -0400, Dan wrote:

>Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
>Subject: RE: Oil Filter, 1.8T Engine
>To: "Kunz, Bob" <bob.kunz at hp.com>, quattro at audifans.com
>Message-ID: <20040701191144.92034.qmail at web40305.mail.yahoo.com>
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>
>Bob and Wylie, yes, I am covered for basically every other oil change - 
>5k, 15k, 25k and 35k..... But I don't like to go 10k miles between changes 
>so I am doing the interim ones (10k, 20k, 30k etc.). I am actually using 
>M1 synthetic, and brought that in to the dealer for the 5k change with no 
>problem.
>
>Thx....
>
>Dan D
>'04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
>Central NJ USA

Dan,

There is some anecdotal evidence that seems to indicate that an early 
change (less than 10,000-15,000 miles) to synthetic oil in Audi engines 
leads to excessive oil consumption.  I know it's 'earl;y days' for you yet, 
but it would provide another 'data point' if you could post an oil 
consumption figure to the list (or send me an off-list email) when you hit 
the 15,000 to 20,000 mile mark (or so).

TIA


Stephen Kormilo
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA

Silver 2002 Audi A4 3.0QM
Now departed:   Silver '98.5 Audi A4 2.8QM
                            Black '85 Mazda Rx7 GSL-SE

email: stephen at kormilo.ca