Dealer wouldn't put in synthetic oil at 1st service. They used a "special" oil instead.
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Dealer wouldn't put in synthetic oil at 1st service. They used a "special" oil instead.
I asked to see the "special" oil which turned out to be Castrol GTX 5W-30.
Should I spend the time to put synthetic in myself? If so, what weight? Is an oil change on the S4 difficult? I've only done my Corrado SLC before.
Do you think Audi makes potential dealers sign a contract that states "You will under no circumstances make the customer happy or use your collective brains for the greater good."??
Should I spend the time to put synthetic in myself? If so, what weight? Is an oil change on the S4 difficult? I've only done my Corrado SLC before.
Do you think Audi makes potential dealers sign a contract that states "You will under no circumstances make the customer happy or use your collective brains for the greater good."??
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Just bought an S4 yesterday and was told I could . . .
. . . buy any oil I like and they would put it in for free with every scheduled oil change or I could have oil changes done sooner with what ever oil I prefer but I would have to pay for those changes.
I specifically asked because I want to go synthetic.
I specifically asked because I want to go synthetic.
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my dealer used synthetic..
in fact, they asked me if i was interested in it before i had a chance to ask them to do it. they used mobil-1 synthetic (10w30 i think; not sure). everything i've heard leads me to believe that synthetics are much better for the s4 than non-synthetics.
btw, it is true that there's an additive in the oil (certainly not castrol :-) used to break the engine in -- but my dealer said that switching over to synthetic after 4k miles or so is fine.<p>--
meem
btw, it is true that there's an additive in the oil (certainly not castrol :-) used to break the engine in -- but my dealer said that switching over to synthetic after 4k miles or so is fine.<p>--
meem
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