what oil do dealers use for oil changes? i always brought my own for my a4
01-26-2008, 07:54 PM
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It depends on the dealer. Dealer is required by Audi to use synthetic in all 05 and later models
04s have the exact same engine but audi does not require synthetic. No reason has ever been postulated for the difference.
01-27-2008, 07:31 AM
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To clarify for everyone, can you explain the change in oil requirement?
I received a letter in the mail from my dealer saying Audi changed oil requirements and they are now using some synthetic brand on everything but I forget which brand and if they specified the weight of the oil, or if it is different weights for different cars.
I want to say they are now using Castrol, but I don't remember. I remember thinking it wasn't Mobil 1, so I'd probably still be bringing my own oil every 10k when I have them change it.
I want to say they are now using Castrol, but I don't remember. I remember thinking it wasn't Mobil 1, so I'd probably still be bringing my own oil every 10k when I have them change it.
01-27-2008, 11:05 AM
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well, i'm not exactly sure. i know with my 03 a4 3.0, synthetic wasn't required so I had to bring
my own oil if I wanted to use synthetic (and not pay dealer prices), but now that the oil has to meet VW502.00 and 505.01 and it seems like its largely synthetics that do, it doesn't seem like i should need to bring oil.
pdf is a list of oils meeting the specs<ul><li><a href="http://www.audiusa.com/etc/medialib/cms4imp/audi2/aoa/product/certified_pre_owned.Par.0011.File.pdf">Oil list</a></li></ul>
pdf is a list of oils meeting the specs<ul><li><a href="http://www.audiusa.com/etc/medialib/cms4imp/audi2/aoa/product/certified_pre_owned.Par.0011.File.pdf">Oil list</a></li></ul>
01-27-2008, 02:15 PM
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Nothing Magical about Mobil 1. I would have them put in the Castrol
Mobil 1 is a good synthetic. I have used it myself. But the Castrol should protect equally well as long as you are not stretching the change interval much over 7k.
01-27-2008, 03:26 PM
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that's what i'm saying. if they're going to run castrol synthetic in my car, there's no need for me
to bring my own oil. or at least for the first and only free change
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