Help new to Audi

[steve93]

Hi all

This is my first post as i just bought my first Audi after being talked into it by my boss.
i have a A4 1.9 TDI estate and i love it, should have made the switch years ago ,anyway in order for me to buy parts for me to do a service i need to know if its a avant how can i tell? does it just mean its an estate or is it a certain model, this may sound daft to you guys but hey its only easy if you know it

[mikeybutch]

Welcome and yes this is a great model .Avant is just Audi name for an estate version and is identical for servicing .What history do you have and what servicing have you in mind?

[steve93]

hi mike

thanks for your reply i had full history up untill 1yr ago, i was just going to change the oil and all filters and then put it into the garage for the timing belt, do you recommend anything else..but i am so pleased with this car my only regret is not making the swith sooner

[zollaf]

great choice of car, just make sure you use the correct grade of oil as anything less will soon destroy your pride and joy.

[steve93]

i was going to use 5-40w do you guys agree this is ok?

[rhysdavies]

Yes, 5w 40 is the way to go - £40 per gallon for Millers XFE-PD!!

[steve93]

thanks

[zollaf]

the millers mentioned above is pd oil, which will be to the right spec, which is 501.something which escapes my memory right now, but not all 5/40 is though. also, its a good idea to change it at less than the 10k recommended. i think 6 k is good. pd engines are hard on their oil, since the cam runs the pd unit injectors which pressurise the diesel to 20,000 psi.

[danclyon]

Yes, 5w 40 is the way to go - £40 per gallon for Millers XFE-PD!!

I'd use the oil to the spec the manual suggests personally, which is more likely to be 5W-30 - something to VW507 or similar (though the book may say VW505, the 507 replaces it).

Suggest only using a genuine pollen filter btw.

Cheers,
Dan.

[rhysdavies]

I thought that the spec was VW505, hence the above advice. Learn something new every day!

[danclyon]

I thought that the spec was VW505, hence the above advice. Learn something new every day!

Depends on whether it's on variable or time/distance. From memory, it was 505 for time/distance and 505.01 or something for longlife - and I think that was the diff between the oils at the time - may have been that some oils were 5w-40 but met the "time/distance" spec. I'm sure someone will come along and correct that shortly if I'm wrong :)

When you go to any Audi dealers these days they use the same oil anyway whether it's on fixed or longlife - you nearly always get 5W-30 that's suitable for both service intervals. Many folks on here use the same stuff on time/distance as it's a v/good oil.

Personally, I'm using Exol Optima LSV which you can get quite reasonably on ebay if you don't have access to Quantum or similar cheap - as the Castrol stuff is still pretty damn expensive in comparison.

Note: just found this thread : http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?92412-VW507-VW505-Oil

Cheers,
Dan.

[nevo]

Must say 505.01 not 505.00 for a pd,the .01 at the end is vital,good choice of car,and welcome to the forum.

[zollaf]

thats what i was trying to remember, .01

[danclyon]

Thus the 507 suggestion, as it replaced both of them :) No chance of getting it wrong then....

[nevo]

Not having a dig,but there's a lot of oil out there and retailers who will sell the wrong stuff.