The first oil change

[A6S]

One of the dealers I spoke to for my previous a6 was wanting £20+ per litre of oil. They were using shell helix ultra. Told the boy the shell garage across the road sells that stuff for cheaper and with some humming and hawing they dropped the prices by around £70 for the service so it's worth trying to negotiate a better price.

[Gmonster]

Thanks for responses. Scott: so the 40k service price includes the air filter? Missed that ; which helps justify the price. Think I will ask to have returned the old filters; keen to see the knick of the pollen filter and whether it's justified these regular changes. The air filter I imagine will be manky and well justified in changing. Cheers.


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[Gmonster]

My service was £513 at 37,000 miles. That was fuel filter, oil filter, pollen filter and air filter. The first service was £300 so the prices seem to be in line. I did get my oil changed at 9k for £190 but I am now doing the interim oil changes myself as it only takes 20 mins and costs me about £50 for the oil and filter.

Scott: was going to ask. I'm considering doing the interim oil changes myself as you do. Is it a easy task? Do you use a suction pump? Do you need ramps? (Lift the car etc) Is the filter easy to reach/remove? Sorry for the multiple questions; any tips on this gratefully received.

[Scott K]

It's really easy. I use a suction pump. There is a small pipe to the right of the engine with a plug in it, this is where the dipstick would go. I suck out the oil from there and get out 6.5 l. By the time I have removed the oil filter, it is done. The oil filter is accessed from the top of the engine and you need a 36mm spanner or socket for the housing. Very easy to do. The filter comes with a new o-ring.

[Gmonster]

It's really easy. I use a suction pump. There is a small pipe to the right of the engine with a plug in it, this is where the dipstick would go. I suck out the oil from there and get out 6.5 l. By the time I have removed the oil filter, it is done. The oil filter is accessed from the top of the engine and you need a 36mm spanner or socket for the housing. Very easy to do. The filter comes with a new o-ring.

Thanks for the info Scott. Will have a look for the dip stick pipe and oil filter location. May come back with some supplementary queries.

What make oil do you use? ( I am currently using castrol edge fully synthetic which is probably over over expensive for 10k oil changes ) Do you use an Audi oil filter? Thanks again.

[MarkTM]

Good to know it's the same as with my C6, although with mine (C6) I always found that I got a full litre more out by removing the sump plug than by using a pump. So by virtue of not having 15% of the old cruddy oil contaminating the new I now always put my C6 on ramps and do it the proper way.

Remember to remove the oil filler cannister, dipstick plug and the oil filler cap as the air release/pressure works in the same way as making two holes in a can of condensed milk to make it pour out easier

Was lucky enough to pick up 25l of quantum longlife for £90, which will see me OK for 3 x changes and cost a mere £3.60pl

[shabazmo]

I concur with Mark and always drain from the sump having tried the suction method. Having said that, I have a pit in my garage and if I did not. I would just use the suction method.

[Gmonster]

Think that access to the dipstick pipe must mean that you get too the bottom of the sump so to speak. Plus hopefully 10k changes means that there won't be too much crud that would be needing flushed out etc.

Mark: thanks for reminder in opening up airways to ease flow of oil. Also for reference to Quantum long life. I can get the castrol edge for £25 for four litres... but it's a wee bit pricey...

I just bought a 'speedline' oil suction pump at Lidl today £12.


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[Scott K]

I use an Audi filter-think the part number is 059 198 405 made by Mahle. Currently using Mobil 1 because Opie oils had a good deal on it and that was what the dealers used last time. I see costco have the castrol edge at £25 at the moment so will get a couple of them to keep the stocks up!

[Gmonster]

With regard to changing your own oil using a suction pump; looking for some confirmation/advice. This first pic is the oil extraction pipe with the wee blanking cap? Could someone confirm.


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