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Audi oil quality standard
Gasoline
VW 502 00 or
engine
vw
504 00
Diesel
vw
507 00
engine
Using the prope r engine oil is important for the
functiona lity and service life of the eng ine. Your
engine was factory-filled with a high -quality oil
which can usually be used throughout
the entire
year.
@
Note
Your Limited New Vehicle Warranty does not
cover damage or malfunctions
due to failure
to follow recommended
maintenance
and use
requirements
as set forth in the Audi Owner's
Manual and Warranty
&
Maintenance booklet.
- Use only a high quality eng ine oil that ex-
pressly complies with the Aud i oil quality
standard specified for your vehicle's engine.
Using any other oil can cause serious engine
damage .
- Do not mix any lubricants or other additives
into the engine oil. Doing so can cause en-
gine damage.
(D
Tips
If you need to add oil and there is none availa-
ble that meets the Audi oil quality standard
your eng ine requ ires, you may add a total of
no more than 0.5 quart/liter
of a high-quality
"synthet ic"oil that meets the followi ng speci-
fications.
- Vehicles with gasoline eng ine: ACEA A3 o r
API SM wit h a viscosity g rade of SAE OW-30,
SAE SW-30 or SAE SW-40.
- Vehicles wit h d iesel eng ine: ACEA C3 o r
API CF with a viscosi ty grade of SAE OW-30
or SAE SW -30.
- For more information abou t engine oil that
has been approved for your vehi cle, please
contact either you r a utho rized Audi dea ler
or Audi Customer Relations at
~
1 (800) 822-2834
or visit our web site at
co
g:;
www.audiusa.com
or www.aud icanada.ca.
Ch e c k ing an d Filling
Engine oil consumption
The engine in your vehicle depends on on ade-
quate amount of oil to lubricate and cool oil of
its moving ports.
In order to provide effect ive lubrication and cool-
ing of internal engine components,
all internal
combust ion eng ines consume a certa in amount
of oil. Oil consumption
varies from eng ine to en-
gine and may change s ign ificantly ove r the life of
the engine. Typ ica lly, engines w ith a specified
break-in period (see
¢ page 197)
consume more
oil during the break -in period than they consume
after oil consumption
has stabilized.
Under normal cond itions, the rate of oil con-
sumption depends on the q uality and viscosity of
the oil, the RPM (revol utions per minute) at
which the engine is operated, the ambient tem-
perature and road condit ions. Further factors are
the amount of oil dilution from water condensa-
tion or fuel residue and the oxidation level of the
oil. As any engine is subject to wear as mileage
builds up, the oil consumption
may increase over
time unt il replacement
of worn components
may
become necessary.
With all these variables coming into play, no
standard rate of oil consumption
can be estab-
lished or spec ified . The re is no alte rnative to reg-
ula r and frequent checking of t he oi l level , see
Note .
If the yellow engine oil leve l warning symbo l in
the instrument cluster
II
lights up, yo u should
check the oil level as soon as possible
¢
page 224.
Top off the oil at your earlies t con-
venience
¢
page 224.
A
WARNING
--=-
Before you check anything in the engine com-
partment,
always read and heed all WARN-
INGS
¢ &. in Working in the engine comport-
ment on page 220.
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Note
Driving wit h an insufficient oil level is likely to
cause severe damage to the eng ine.
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