elite0777
30-12-2010, 12:31 PM
Hi, I have searched but can't really find a definate answer but I have a bad feeling I have the wrong oil.
My Car is a 53 2003 A4 1.9tdi 130 sport and in the service schedule the sticker with the factory options starts with AVF ********.
Yesterday whilst out the min oil light came on the dis. So I pulled into Halfords as I was only a couple of mins away. I asked the guy at the counter what oil I needed gave the reg etc and he told me 5W-30 oil I asked if it was for PD engines. He shrugged and didn't seem to know so after looking at the various oils I noticed some had "with the exeption of pumpe duse Tdi". As I wasn't too far from a Audi dealer I rang them and asked first of all he said 5w-40 but when I told him halfords had told me 5w-30 he checked and said yes that was right. So I popped into the dealer and specifically asked if I had a pd engine. He took the car details and came back and told me I had a AVF engine and was not a pd engine. The oil he supplied me with is Mobil 1 ESP formula 5W-30 Fully synthetic on the rear it has recomended for applications requiring VW 502 00 503 00,503 01 505 00,506 00 adn 506 01 (all vw engines with exception of unit-injector/pumpe-duse tdi without longlife service and without DPF between 1999-2003 adn r5/v10-tdi before 2006.
Doing a search on here earlier I found the following post saying that the AVF engine is a pd engine. http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=75629&highlight=avf+engine+oil
On checking the dipstick the oil level was just below the hashed area and took roughly half a litre. Can someone give a definate anwswer on the right oil to use. I was looking at changing the oil every 10k in future.
My Car is a 53 2003 A4 1.9tdi 130 sport and in the service schedule the sticker with the factory options starts with AVF ********.
Yesterday whilst out the min oil light came on the dis. So I pulled into Halfords as I was only a couple of mins away. I asked the guy at the counter what oil I needed gave the reg etc and he told me 5W-30 oil I asked if it was for PD engines. He shrugged and didn't seem to know so after looking at the various oils I noticed some had "with the exeption of pumpe duse Tdi". As I wasn't too far from a Audi dealer I rang them and asked first of all he said 5w-40 but when I told him halfords had told me 5w-30 he checked and said yes that was right. So I popped into the dealer and specifically asked if I had a pd engine. He took the car details and came back and told me I had a AVF engine and was not a pd engine. The oil he supplied me with is Mobil 1 ESP formula 5W-30 Fully synthetic on the rear it has recomended for applications requiring VW 502 00 503 00,503 01 505 00,506 00 adn 506 01 (all vw engines with exception of unit-injector/pumpe-duse tdi without longlife service and without DPF between 1999-2003 adn r5/v10-tdi before 2006.
Doing a search on here earlier I found the following post saying that the AVF engine is a pd engine. http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=75629&highlight=avf+engine+oil
On checking the dipstick the oil level was just below the hashed area and took roughly half a litre. Can someone give a definate anwswer on the right oil to use. I was looking at changing the oil every 10k in future.