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Audi recomm ends Longlif e high perform ance
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Using the proper engine oil is important for the
functionality and service life of the engine. Your
engine was factory-filled with a high-quality oil
which can usually be used throughout
the entire
yea r.
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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 qual ity eng ine oil that ex-
pressly complies with the Audi 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.
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Tips
If you need to add oil and there is none availa -
ble that meets the Audi oil quality standard
your engine requires, you may add a total of
no more than 0.5 quart/liter
of a high-quality
"synthet ic"oil that meets the following speci-
fications.
- Vehicles w ith gasoline eng ine: ACEA A3 or
API SM with a viscosity grade of SAE OW-30,
SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40.
- For more information about engine oil that
has been approved for your vehicle, please
contact either your authorized Audi dea ler
or Aud i Custome r Relat ions at
1 (800) 822- 2834 or visit ou r web site at
www.audiusa.com
or www .aud icanada.ca.
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· Engine oil consumption
The engine in your vehicle depends on an ade-
quate amount of oil to lubricate and cool all of
its moving parts.
In order to provide effect ive lubricat ion and cool-
ing of internal engine components,
all internal
combust ion eng ines consume a certa in amount
of oil. Oil consumption
var ies from engine to en-
gine and may change sign ificantly over the life of
the engine . Typically, engines w ith a specified
break -in period (see ¢
page 176)
consume more
oi l 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 quality and viscosity of
the oil , the RPM (revo lutions per minute) at
which the engine is operated, the ambient tem-
perature and road conditions. 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
ti me unt il replacement
of wo rn compo nents 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 freq uent checki ng of the oi l level, see
Note .
If the yellow engine oil level warning symbo l
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in the instrument
cluster lights up, you sho uld
chec k t he o il level as soon as possible
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page 197.
Top off the o il at your earlies t con-
venience
¢ page 197.
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WARNING
Before you check anything in the engine com-
partment,
always read and heed all WARN-
INGS
¢ .&.in Working in the engine compart-
ment on page 193.
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Note
Driving with an insuffic ient oil level is likely to
cause severe damage to the eng ine.
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