oil to use?????? please :)

[RS4ALEX]

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

[Surrey Sam]

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

[MikeFish]

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.

[PetrolDave]

The handbook gives spec rather than viscosity I think.

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

[scaghead]

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...

[RS4ALEX]

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?

[ArthurPE]

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

[stu]

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.

[adsgreen]

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?