RS246.com Forum :: The World's #1 Audi R, S and RS Enthusiast Community

Hi all,ive just received oil filter and sump bolt and washer via 'vag parts' ready for an oil change on my baby.Its 6.5k miles since last oil change and im unsure to wot oil i should go for.Ive checked out other posts on this subject and it seems that many of you fellas recomend different oils for winter and summer,well wot a bummer its january and im inbetween the two.Any ideas?

if its really your baby i,d use baby oil.. (sorry i couldn,t resist it..

Run my car on millers 10w60 oil all year round. change oil and filter around 5k.

My choice is always mobil 1 ow40. Others will probably disagree. Change every 5k.

Bret,you car is highly modded,mines standard, would this make a difference in choice of oil?

Good oil is good oil. Standard of modded car. All the mod's to my car are bolt on, So the engine is the same.

M1 0w40 for me. Just change it every 5k or so.

millers 10-60 is the best oil u can buy for it. trust the info!
good advice a seconded.

best you can afford. Better to save a little though and change more frequently..but just MO.

There are loads of posts on this. A qucik search may prove beneficial.

synta gold from dealers

every 5k

Whilst I agree with Brett that good oil is good oil, I do not agree that the engines are the same. Of course if Brett admits that he doesn't use the advantages that his mods give then its a different matter. But more importantly he has KO4 turbos and a recently rebuilt engine which is different from an original engine using KO3s.

Rees, Audi recommend 0W30. The 0 is the key figure because it indicates the viscosity of the oil when cold, and this is critical for turbos when the engine starts. In a temperate climate this is not too much an issue, however when temps are sub zero it can be. This is why IMHO it's best to use 0 instead of 10 in the winter. Our recent cold spells justify that.

Now as to the hot viscosity, there has been evidence from at least one respected tuner that grade 30 oil is too thin for the biturbo and risks early cam wear. That's enough reason for me at least to use grade 40 or more. Now you can use grade 60, but I'll stick my neck out here and suggest that it'll lose you a bit of performance and make the engine run hotter. Other than that it's perfectly fine, except that I doubt you'll find a multigrade less than 10W60 (cold).

So my recommendation is as follows:
Stock car: 0W40 all-year
Stage I or II (KO3s): 0W40 in winter and something better such as 15W50 in summer

Brett's probably fine with 10W60 all-year, but personally I'd be a bit careful in the sub-zero weather.

I'm also using synta gold from the dealers every 5k. This is what two seperate Audi stealers recommended to me... perhaps they just wanted my money

Good post Dippy - thanks

Good post Dippy - thanks

Good information Dippy.

Your thoughts are especially crucial at this time of year if your car is kept outside, and possibly only used on short distances when starting from cold.

As for the regime, I changed mine from Audi's 'Longlife schedule' to every 5000 miles or so when I bought mine 18 months ago on the advice of this forum, and looking forward to long life K03's.

With the costs of engine work so high, surely it's a no-brainer to change oil and filter 2 or 3 times a year.

rsdreamer.