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Oil/Warranty/Service question. Apparently dealer is putting Castrol GTX in for oil changes

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Old 05-24-2007, 07:14 AM
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Just going by service reminders and the book. It would be too bad if it was synthetic
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I don't change at 10k intervals. Thats insane.. dealer even said so.
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Default So WTF are the AUDI service intervals scheduled so far appart?

There is nothing in the manual (to my knowledge) that states you should be doing non-scheduled services between the Audi recommended service intervals.
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My service reminder goes off every 5K
Old 05-24-2007, 08:13 AM
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Default Dealer is REQUIRED by Audi to put synthetic oil in all 05 and later S4s

for scheduled oil changes.I would report dealer to AOA immediately and demand that the put in synthetic as long as you don't have an 04. OTHERWISE, I would talk to service department and have them put in synthetic even if you have to pay extra for it.
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Default If you plan on keeping your S4 long term

I would change the oil more frequently than 10K.
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...and NOT 04's?
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thnx.
Old 05-24-2007, 09:04 AM
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Default I have an 04. So for some reason the 04s are **** and dont deserve synthetic.

wonder why they switched? hmmmm maybe becasue conventional oil has no place in fine german engineering.
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I completely agree. But should the maintenance schedule not reflect this?


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