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Rumpole
20-08-2012, 03:58 PM
Hi, I would like to change the oil in my A4 2.5 tdi sport cabriolet. It is currently on long life oil but I have heard that Longlife oil is not all its cracked up to be and would like to change mine as it only gets used in the summer. T he selection seems to be a bit of a mine field.
Please can anyone advise me.
Thanks
20vcqdriver
21-08-2012, 07:58 AM
You can still use the same oil but change it every 12-15K miles as I do and get the ECU setting changed to fixed intervals.
I use Fuchs Titan GT1 longlife 3 5W-30 fully synthetic in the avant. Mainly because I can get this in 20litre barrels for £60 :)
Have you tried the opie oils website. Oils, lubricants, fuel treatments, spark / glow plugs and much more for your car (http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-337-cars.aspx)
Rumpole
23-08-2012, 05:08 PM
You can still use the same oil but change it every 12-15K miles as I do and get the ECU setting changed to fixed intervals.
I use Fuchs Titan GT1 longlife 3 5W-30 fully synthetic in the avant. Mainly because I can get this in 20litre barrels for £60 :)
Have you tried the opie oils website. Oils, lubricants, fuel treatments, spark / glow plugs and much more for your car (http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-337-cars.aspx)

Many thanks for the advice
carl-1968
23-08-2012, 05:22 PM
Agree with the above, reduce the frequency but keep the type and grade, mine is done yearly or every 10k miles and is driven very hard, no problems so far


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scotty33
05-09-2012, 09:42 PM
I tend to think the long life servicing schedule is the real problem? The long life oils are probably very very good as oils go...
vwcabriolet1971
06-09-2012, 11:20 AM
You can still use the same oil but change it every 12-15K miles as I do and get the ECU setting changed to fixed intervals.
I use Fuchs Titan GT1 longlife 3 5W-30 fully synthetic in the avant. Mainly because I can get this in 20litre barrels for £60 :)
Have you tried the opie oils website. Oils, lubricants, fuel treatments, spark / glow plugs and much more for your car (http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-337-cars.aspx)
Where do you get 20L for £60 ?