RS4 B7 Oil & Filter Change Guide

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RS4 B7 Oil & Filter Change Guide

Post by Daz » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:37 pm

Here's a little guide for those wishing to carry out an oil and filter change themselves.

Parts Required:
Oil Filter. Part No: V079 198 405 B (Approx cost £12.50)
Drain Plug washer. Part No: VN 013 815 7 (Approx cost £0.50)
Castrol Edge 5w-30 VW 504/507 (10 Litres) or similar (Approx cost £100)

Tools Required:
32mm hex socket
10mm hex socket
6mm hex bit
Phillips screwdriver

Procedure:
Remove rear carbon fibre engine cover (circled yellow) by pulling firmly upwards. Ensure all fixings remain in place.
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Unscrew 2 10mm bolts (circled red) to remove cover bracket to get access to filter (circled yellow)
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You will now need a 32mm hex socket to unscrew plastic filter cover.
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Pulling up the filter cover will remove the filter along with it. Detatch the cover from the filter and replace filter. Ensure drain plug on filter fits into the hole at the bottom of the casing.
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Replace rubber o-ring on filter cover. Screw filter cover back on and reattach engine cover bracket removed earlier.

Raise car and remove plastic undertray. There are lots of quicklock fixings which need to be unclipped with screwdriver.
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Locate drain plug (circled red) and remove with a 6mm hex bit. You will need a container with atleast a 10 litre capacity for the oil to drain into.
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Once fully drained refit drain plug with new washer & lower car. Fill to full mark on dipstick with oil, run engine for short period of time and check for any leaks around the filter and drain plug.

Raise car and refit undertray. Lower car and refit rear engine cover. Recheck oil level and top up if necessary.
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thanx daz

Post by avant545 » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:28 pm

this will be a great help for alot of people thanks for taking the time to do it,much appreciated.


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RE: thanx daz

Post by Andyuk911 » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:21 pm

Good one Daz, will you do mine next, them we can split £100 labour on some beers .. Was your way today twice, went to see the Gumball cars .. Then they shut the Blackwall tunnel ...
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Post by VARSITY » Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:30 pm

Daz, please send to me at my email as the pics won't show. thanks
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RE: thanx daz

Post by Andyuk911 » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:38 pm

Sticky please Sticky please Sticky please Sticky please Sticky please Sticky please Sticky please Sticky please

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RE: thanx daz

Post by Dom81 » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:35 pm

Bit of a long shot, but suggest this could merit a sticky

To be honest, I'm surprised that no-one sugested it before...

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Post by RS4Molar » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:06 am

Daz, thats excellent work and detail with pictures and commentary. Fantastic guide, muchly appreciated. :P
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Post by pippyrips » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:15 pm

Great thread:thumbs:

I was in Audi this week and asked what the price of an oil change was. I was quoted £122 all in which seems a very good price for a main dealer? Especially as the oil comes to about £100 through Opieoils even with discount?

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Post by ArthurPE » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:25 pm

I just used this for my 1st oil change: great, thanks, very helpful

I can't believe it took 10 full qts! put it right on the hatch marks
the only 'fumbling' were the brake duct fasteners...took a while to get them line up correctly...
otherwise ~ the same as my e46 M3...

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Post by zachf88 » Thu May 07, 2009 7:13 pm

Kind of a stupid question, but is this the same on the US-spec RS4's?

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Post by PetrolDave » Fri May 08, 2009 9:02 am

ArthurPE is in the US and he posted (in the post above yours) that he followed the guide...
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Post by baylissboy » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:26 pm

Didn't you forget something, shouldn't you torque the oil filter housing & sump plug to the corect torque???

25Nm for the filter housing & 30Nm for the sump plug!! Not tight enough, oil will leak, too tight & you may need a new housing or sump!!

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Post by ArthurPE » Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:26 pm

just did an oil change and wanted the know the exact quantities:
hot oil, drained for 60 minutes
30 level
15 each titled left/right with a floor jack (yes, a good bit came out)

start
cold 30% fill to full (after sitting all night) bottom of cross-hatch
hot 60% fill to full (~3 minutes after shutdown) top of cross-hatch

drained 9.3 (measured in the 5 liter jugs to new oil came in) figure 9.4 with filter, spillage and residual in drain container

filled with 9.6 liter
cold 60% top of cross-hatch
hot 90% ~1 mm below full/plastic bulb

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Re: RS4 B7 Oil & Filter Change Guide

Post by JohnnerLad » Wed May 04, 2011 8:38 pm

Great detail Thanks
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Re: RS4 B7 Oil & Filter Change Guide

Post by sunny » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:34 am

oil was low on my rs4 b7 i topped it up with about 2.5litres to max and know the car smokes when standstill and also sometimes when driving??? someone please give me some advice could it be down to the oil used.

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