JakePlummer

Guys,

What are your thoughts on the 1000 mile oil change?

JC

N8!

I opted not to and will follow the manufacturer's specs.

Others change it at 1000 mikes.

prashanth1337

It's a good idea to change oil and filter at 1000-1500 miles to get rid of the metal stuff left behind due to engine breaking in

synergize

Cheap insurance, peace of mind, clean oil, what could be better, perhaps an R8?

thracer

I read in another post that there is a crankcase additive put in at the factory that helps the engine during break-in period. If this is true, I could see where changing the oil at 1000 could actually not be a good idea. Personally I'm thinking about doing it at 5000.

mplsbrian

In this thread: people who think they are smarter than Audi's engineers.

Follow the service schedule in the manual. Germans are notoriously efficient and did not waste pages & ink printing it in there just for sh*ts and giggles.

Snicklefritz

I just asked the service tech and manager about this, they both said to get it changed at 10k miles. I'll go with their recommendations, they have no reason to lie or not try to up sell.

drvai

If I were you, I would follow the instructions/recommendations from the manufacturer.

Wiz33

You must be old like me. ;-P The old tradition of changing oil and filter on new filter is from the days where manufacturing standard are not as precise and there probably would be more metal particulate wearing off during the first 1000 miles. Nowadays, with CAD and much better milling and casting technologies, Don't think it will be a factor anymore.