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right I have a 2006 b7 rs4, the oil was getting low so I rang up my dealer and they said 5w/30 fully syn would be fine for top up. now im reading about all these different spec oild like 0w/40 and all this stuff, what is the RECOMMEND£ED oil, and would this be in the handbook at all? im so confuzzled please help

You'll need an oil that is a Synthetic 5w-30 and VW 504 00 / 507 00 type approved.

I decided to go with what the engine had filled from the factory which is a Fuchs oil and purchased from Opie Oils, they also have a discount code for RS246 members giving 10% off your order total, by entering RS246 into the voucher part.

This is the oil - http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-980-fuchs-t ... icles.aspx

I think 5w30 is the recommended spec and what everybody uses. The handbook gives spec rather than viscosity I think, but I'm pretty sire it's 5w30. Make sure you use a good quality oil though, something like Catrol Edge

Edit: sam beat me to it.

MikeFish wrote:The handbook gives spec rather than viscosity I think.

Correct, meeting the VW 504/507 spec is what matters.

I have been using Titan Fuchs pro s for the last couple of years(previously used castrol edge) found that to be a great drop of jollop and have found I don't need to top up as regular as I used too...

great thanks! just for general top up, Castrol edge 5w/30 fully syn would be okay thouhj? or is it worth getting some of the other stuff?

I wonder why spec is 5W30 in europe and 5W40 (or 0W40) in the States?
ours is 502 00

Yes Castrol Edge will do fine - its probably the most popular brand. I've always used it as it's easy to come by and places like Amazon and ASDA (buy online, collect in store) have good prices.

ArthurPE wrote:I wonder why spec is 5W30 in europe and 5W40 (or 0W40) in the States?
ours is 502 00

Do you have variable service intervals over there?