$40 -- $28 oil filters?

[Craig D. Niederst]

I have heard the same about the Castrol Syntec and not being fully
synthetic. There are 2 grades of it that are manufactured in Europe that are
supposed to be pretty good (i.e. at least have a partial PAG oil base, not
all cracked dino oil). The 5W30 grade is made in Germany ("GC" in oil
circles), and the 5W40 is made in Belgium ("BC"). In terms of oils available
in the US that meet Audi/VW 502.00, 503.00 and 505.00 oil specs, the Syntec
5W40 is the only readily available product I can find in my area. The Mobil
1 5W40 available at Walmart, etc. is sold as "Truck and Suv formula," and
does not meet the Audi/VW specs (as per Mobil's website). My A6 is under an
extended warranty, so an approved oil is a must for me. Like I said in my
first post, there are other oils out there that are on the list (here's the
latest Audi
<http://www.audiusa.com/common/images/Audi_Approved_Oil_Chart.pdf>  Oil
List), so I don't want to start another "oil war" thread here.

 

Craig

'00 A6 4.2 (55k)

'92 100S (118k)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Wellhouse [mailto:maxjoyce at ipa.net] 
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 6:41 AM
To: Craig D. Niederst; 'Grant'
Cc: 'Biturbos Qlist S4 / Quattro'
Subject: RE: $40 -- $28 oil filters?

 

Not a chemist by profession here, but I thought the Castrol Syntec 

was NOT a fully synthetic oil.  I believe Mobil 1 is as are many 

others.  Buy the 5 qt. jugs of it at walfart for $20 and save some 

bucks that way.  Geez, the filter costing as much as the oil..... 

what a concept.

 

DM&FS

 

At 11:19 PM 12/3/2005, Craig D. Niederst wrote:

>I have a '00 A6 4.2, which takes the same filter as your '02 S6. You

>definitely want to use the "32 gallon" OE filter (part # 077115561G) or the

>"generic" Mann (part # 735/2) or Mahle equivalent. These filters can be had

>for $20 or so from places like ECS <http://www.ecstuning.com/>  Tuning or

>Autohaus AZ <http://www.autohausaz.com/> . The smaller filters you see are

>for the V6 motors only, not the V8's. In terms of filter changes, not

>changing a $20 filter every oil change on a $60k car seems like a false

>economy. Not worth the risk to save a few bucks. Also make sure you are

>using a good quality synthetic oil for your changes. I use Castrol Syntec

>5W40 (what Audi uses), but there are other Audi approved 5W40 grades out

>there also. The service chart calls for 10k mile oil change intervals, but

>most have elected to do 5k intervals to be on the safe side.

> 

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>HTH.

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> 

>Craig

> 

>'00 A6 4.2 (55k)

> 

>'92 100S (118k)

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> 

> 

>-----Original Message-----

>From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On

>Behalf Of Grant

>Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:54 PM

>To: Biturbos Qlist S4 / Quattro

>Subject: $40 -- $28 oil filters?

> 

> 

> 

>Hello all,

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> 

> 

>I'm the happy owner of a 2002 S6 Avant, just off factory warranty. So

> 

>I'm about to do my first oil change.

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> 

>I've looked around and there seem to be two kinds of oil filters for

> 

>this beast. The true OE $40 ($28 at places like GPR and Blau) variety

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>that looks to be about a foot long, and the $8 variety (at Blau, again)

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>that is WAY smaller.

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> 

>So what's the real deal here? Anyone have experience? Insight?  If it

> 

>put this 32 gallon** filter on, can I change it every 3rd oil change?

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>I don't mind spending it if its important, but this seems excessive.

> 

>And I object to wasting money (hey, that's a really good bottle of

> 

>Chateauneuf du Papes, right?)

> 

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> 

>Grant

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>** disclaimer. Its probably less than 32 gal

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