which oil should i use????

[a4 cabrio]

i have recently bought my car (2005 audi a4 2.5 v6 tdi), its got full audi history on a long life service, it was last serviced 6000 miles ago in may 2010.

now i know people arent big fans of this long life service plan, so i was looking into leaving it on the long life service plan, but doing an oil change myself, inbetween each service. would i be right in using the same castrol long life oil which audi have been using when they service the car, or should i change oils altogether and tell audi which oil i want them to use, like it would be the oil used on a 12 month or mileage service???

thanks

PS, i did try and search for the answer, but couldnt find it, sorry if this is a repetitive question on here

 

[simon.m]

put you reg in here Car Parts | Car Parts for every make & model | Car Parts Online will tell you what one ;-) mine is on long life but i do it every 6k or so and still use long life oils

 

[a4 cabrio]

i followed your link, but they only come up with valvoline oil, is that any good??? i was thinking of using castrol, as thats all the car seems to have had in it

 

[simon.m]

stick with that them mate ;-)

 

[a4 cabrio]

so sticking with castrol long life oil would be ok, even changing it at half the intervals it should be???

 

[simon.m]

yeah i do it mate i think the long life is a better oil any way as its made to last longer with out braking down to much well that my way of thinking any way lol

 

[Alan H]

This one is on offer at the moment.....

Halfords | Mobil 1 ESP 5W/30 Oil 5L

Looks like most Audi's use the same oil.....

 

[a4 cabrio]

thanks simon, appreciate your help

just 1 more thing, is there anyway i can check miles remaining to next service on the driver info system??? or is it just the usual miles countdown that appears 1000 miles from service??

 

[a4 cabrio]

This one is on offer at the moment.....

Halfords | Mobil 1 ESP 5W/30 Oil 5L

Looks like most Audi's use the same oil.....

shame its not castrol, i would have snapped that up. think i will stick with castrol as thats what my cars had in it from day 1

 

[Alan H]

If you press the spanner button that's by the mileage re-set button that should tell you how many miles until your next service.....

HTH,

Alan

 

[a4 cabrio]

lol i have looked at that and wondered what its for, i didnt want to press it if i didnt know what it was for. sorry, i am on my 1st audi, i suppose i should have had a flick through the manual

 

[Alan H]

lol i have looked at that and wondered what its for, i didnt want to press it if i didnt know what it was for. sorry, i am on my 1st audi, i suppose i should have had a flick through the manual

It's my first Audi too.

just given it a quick clean today, I was going to apply some protection, but I need to clay it first..... :-(

 

[a4 cabrio]

i have had mine a month now, and yeaterday was the 1st decent day of weather where i have had the chance to give it a good clean. i clayed it as well, come up really well, took me about 3 hours all together to do tthe inside and out.

went out to it this morning and a bird had s**t on it lol grrrrrrrr

 

[Alan H]

went out to it this morning and a bird had s**t on it lol grrrrrrrr

Isn't that always the way......

 

[vinesh]

How about Quantum Longlife 3 Oil from TPS.

I paid £35 for 6 ltrs

 

[simon.m]

thats what i use in mine it is made by castrol for audi i belive