FroggleRock
23-01-2007, 01:21 AM
I had my AUDI A3 1.8SE serviced for its 90K miles.
At the garage, they used fully synthetic Mobil1 5W30.
Later on my girlfriend used this car for a week and when she gave it back to me, told me the oil indicator had gone on :o. She stopped at the first petrol station..Great so far. Not knowing what oil to use to top-up, she asked around and a guy told her that semi-synthetic oil should do! She added 0.5 litre of the stuff.
Now, I was always told that topping up with not exactly the right oil is not the end of the world... but few hundred miles later I see some yellow pasty stuff on the engine oil cap :confused:..when I remove the cap.
So, obviously I'm a bit concerned....humm... shall I be more than just concerned?
Why on earth is the oil designation such a mess: in the construtor's manual you find designations like VW 500 00, on the oil containers 5W10. 0W30... what this all about?
No blame on my girlfriend of course...I'm the one who should have checked the levels before I gave her the keys:Blush:.
At the garage, they used fully synthetic Mobil1 5W30.
Later on my girlfriend used this car for a week and when she gave it back to me, told me the oil indicator had gone on :o. She stopped at the first petrol station..Great so far. Not knowing what oil to use to top-up, she asked around and a guy told her that semi-synthetic oil should do! She added 0.5 litre of the stuff.
Now, I was always told that topping up with not exactly the right oil is not the end of the world... but few hundred miles later I see some yellow pasty stuff on the engine oil cap :confused:..when I remove the cap.
So, obviously I'm a bit concerned....humm... shall I be more than just concerned?
Why on earth is the oil designation such a mess: in the construtor's manual you find designations like VW 500 00, on the oil containers 5W10. 0W30... what this all about?
No blame on my girlfriend of course...I'm the one who should have checked the levels before I gave her the keys:Blush:.