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Audi oil quality standard
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Audi recommend s Longlif e high performance
engine oil from Audi Genuine Parts
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
year.
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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 quality eng ine oil that ex-
pressly complies wit h the Audi oil quality
standard specified for your vehicle's engine.
Using any other oil can cause serious engine
damage.
- Do not mix any lub ricants or other additives
into t he 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 tha t meets the Audi oil quality standard
your engine requi res, you may add a tota l of
no more than 0 .5 quart/li t er of a high-quality
"synthetic"oil that meets the fo llowing speci-
fications.
- Vehicles with gasoline eng ine: ACEA A3 or
API SM with a viscosity grade of SAE OW-30,
SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40.
- Vehicles w it h diesel engine: ACEA C3 or
API CF with a viscosity grade of SAE OW-30
or SAE 5W-30.
- For more information about engine oil that
has been approved for your vehicle, please
contact either your authorized Audi dealer
220
or Audi Customer Relations at
1 (800) 822-2834 or visit our web site at
www.aud iusa.com or www .audicanada .ca.
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 effective lub rication and cool-
ing of internal engine components, all internal
combust ion engines consume a certa in amount
of oil. Oil consumption var ies from engine to en-
gine and may change significantly over the life of
the engine . Typically, engines w ith a specified
break-in period (see c::;,page 194) consume more
oil dur ing the break-in per iod than they consume
after oil consumption has stabi liz ed.
Under normal cond itions, the rate of oil con-
sumption depends on t he quality and viscosity of
the oil, the RPM (revolutions per minute) at
wh ich the engine is operated, the ambient t em-
perature and road condit ions. Furthe r facto rs are
t he amount of oil dilution from water condensa-
tion or fue l residue and the oxidation level of the
oi l. 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 variab les coming into play, no
standard rate of oil consumption can be estab-
lished or specified . There is no alternative to reg-
ular and frequent checking of the oi l level, see
Note .
If
the yellow engine oil level warning symbo l in
the instrument cluster
Ill
lights up, you should
check the oil level as soon as possible
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page 221 . Top off the oil at your earliest con-
venience c::;, page 221 .
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WARNING
Before you check anything in the engine com-
part ment, always read and heed all WARN-
I NGS <=:> .&. in Wor king in the engine compart-
ment on page 217.
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