Ut Oh... Not Another Oil Question....

**kazyee** · 03-09-2006, 02:38 PM

SO my day started out good, felt my oil getting kind of thick and dirty so i took it to pepboys WOOPIEEE.... go to pick it up, and the dude goes its yea nice weather is coming so we put in regular oil...... is this going to mess up my car? Should i duff him in the face? Or is he right? I know nice weather is coming but still does that rly make a difference? I know in the book it says use petroleum or synthetic based oil. They put in Penzoil but i unno kind of pissed me off he didnt use what i got last time... Another thing would they tell you if your oil had sludge or any other problems? Because i been reading about some people getting sludge and **** in their engines... Just trying to be cautious since i put a lot of money into it.. Me personally i think the car looks better in motion then in my driveway but maybe thats the new cool thing to do

**AllWheelGrip** · 03-09-2006, 05:00 PM

wut kinda of oil did he put it the wieght of it
u want to kno something audi doesnt even use full syn oil on most of thier schedualed oil changes

**kazyee** · 03-10-2006, 12:13 AM

so its no biggie?

**AllWheelGrip** · 03-10-2006, 01:36 AM

its just better if u use full syn
i use full syn

**kazyee** · 03-10-2006, 04:17 PM

they put in 5 w 30

speary · 03-11-2006, 07:47 AM

To be honest I would only ever put in what Audi recommends
Here in the UK it is Castrol SLX (Audi VW version) I think its 5w 30 or 0w 30
UK dealers use this same fully synthetic oil

Ask your self "For the difference in price is it worth the risk of not using the specified oil ?"

**kazyee** · 03-12-2006, 01:58 AM

well the dude always puts in synthetic but i dont know maybe he had a brain fart or something. Just want to know if i will be good for 3000 miles with regular oil

**AllWheelGrip** · 03-12-2006, 03:28 AM

you should be alrite

Laseron · 03-12-2006, 09:14 AM

Yeah. 3K should be fine but I always use full synthetic. (Mobil 1) and a fresh Mann filter.

speary · 03-13-2006, 04:35 PM

In case you missed one of my other comments on this. Audi changed the oil filter recently for a much bigger one, presumably to help stop the sludging problem.
This is on the 1.8t, I dont know if they have upgraded on other engine sizes.
I dont thing 3rd party filters will have changed from the original smaller size

03-09-2006, 02:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
kazyee Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 532 Gallery: (0)	SO my day started out good, felt my oil getting kind of thick and dirty so i took it to pepboys WOOPIEEE.... go to pick it up, and the dude goes its yea nice weather is coming so we put in regular oil...... is this going to mess up my car? Should i duff him in the face? Or is he right? I know nice weather is coming but still does that rly make a difference? I know in the book it says use petroleum or synthetic based oil. They put in Penzoil but i unno kind of pissed me off he didnt use what i got last time... Another thing would they tell you if your oil had sludge or any other problems? Because i been reading about some people getting sludge and **** in their engines... Just trying to be cautious since i put a lot of money into it.. Me personally i think the car looks better in motion then in my driveway but maybe thats the new cool thing to do __________________ when you wake up in the morning, ask yaself, who are you? if you dont know.... how could ya dreams come true?

03-09-2006, 05:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
AllWheelGrip Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,725 Gallery: (0)	wut kinda of oil did he put it the wieght of it u want to kno something audi doesnt even use full syn oil on most of thier schedualed oil changes __________________ There are many paths to the top of the mountain but the view will always be the same

03-10-2006, 12:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
kazyee Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 532 Gallery: (0)	so its no biggie? __________________ when you wake up in the morning, ask yaself, who are you? if you dont know.... how could ya dreams come true?

03-10-2006, 01:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
AllWheelGrip Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,725 Gallery: (0)	its just better if u use full syn i use full syn __________________ There are many paths to the top of the mountain but the view will always be the same

03-10-2006, 04:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
kazyee Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 532 Gallery: (0)	they put in 5 w 30 __________________ when you wake up in the morning, ask yaself, who are you? if you dont know.... how could ya dreams come true?

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03-11-2006, 07:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
speary Senior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bolton UK Posts: 168 Gallery: (0)	To be honest I would only ever put in what Audi recommends Here in the UK it is Castrol SLX (Audi VW version) I think its 5w 30 or 0w 30 UK dealers use this same fully synthetic oil Ask your self "For the difference in price is it worth the risk of not using the specified oil ?"

03-12-2006, 01:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
kazyee Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 532 Gallery: (0)	well the dude always puts in synthetic but i dont know maybe he had a brain fart or something. Just want to know if i will be good for 3000 miles with regular oil __________________ when you wake up in the morning, ask yaself, who are you? if you dont know.... how could ya dreams come true?

03-12-2006, 03:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
AllWheelGrip Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,725 Gallery: (0)	you should be alrite __________________ There are many paths to the top of the mountain but the view will always be the same

03-12-2006, 09:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
Laseron Senior Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 256 Gallery: (0)	Yeah. 3K should be fine but I always use full synthetic. (Mobil 1) and a fresh Mann filter.

03-13-2006, 04:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
speary Senior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bolton UK Posts: 168 Gallery: (0)	In case you missed one of my other comments on this. Audi changed the oil filter recently for a much bigger one, presumably to help stop the sludging problem. This is on the 1.8t, I dont know if they have upgraded on other engine sizes. I dont thing 3rd party filters will have changed from the original smaller size

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