DeTTroit

My 2001 recently had it's 50,000 inspection/service.
It started sounded a little rough so I checked the oil. Not enough to even register on the dipstick!!! So less than 6,000 miles after a service and this baby is dry????
This has happened once before....so much so that the oil pressure light came on.
Any ideas?

TTschwing

There's nothing wrong with the car.

BoschTT

Depending on how hard you drive the car.. I change mine every 3k miles just to be safe..
check it every 1k or so.. especially now that it's over the 50k mile mark.. my old toyota ate up a quart and a half every 1k miles.. by 3k miles it was empty.. had to keep filing it.. no leaks.. just old engine..

caster

get an A4 cab. it tells you when your a quart low

msauve

<ul><li><a href="http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/audi/audi.2003.maintenance.sched.pdf">Audi 2003 Maintenance Schedule</a></li></ul>

coasTTal

My TT also uses a little oil.

slater

i always have changed my oil (yes, even synthetic) every 3K miles.

funny, after i picked up my TT at the dealer after they performed the 20K service, the service writer said, "you know, you might want to do an oil change or two before you come back for the 30K service."

LOL...

if nothing else - it's cheap insurance.

peter

msauve

10K changes with a high quality oil are just fine.

slater

but i know what it looks like when it comes out, and i'm always down some oil. always, no matter what car (i've owned 15). i tend to burn oil easily - must be my driving habits.

as for a high quality oil, with amsoil or redline i would go 5-6K - i have read the test results. but with mobil1, i won't go beyond 3K.

and audi (or porsche, who spec 12K mile oil changes) doesn't supply their cars with *that* nice of an oil - mobil1 is factory spec for porsche i believe, and pentosynth is for vw/audi.

peter

no cell

miles, the car has ran "dry" before and you're using exclamation marks and question marks as if to say WTF ???????