Quick Oil Change question.

[The_Stig]

I had a quick dumb question for you guys. For those of you with 1.8T engines, how often do you change your oil? It seems so many people do it at differnt times i was curious how long you guys waited? I used castrol syntec or royal purple with a oem filter.

[Compton]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

3000-5000km although some say that doing it around 8000 is fine as well.

I use castrol syth and its surprisingly cheaper at the dealer then at canadian tire.

[RONDAL]

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if you are using synthetic and doing it every 5000km's you might as well just switch back to conventional.

[Bullfrog]

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8k

[RONDAL]

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i do mine every 8K

[blackradon]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

3000-5000km although some say that doing it around 8000 is fine as well.

I use castrol syth and its surprisingly cheaper at the dealer then at canadian tire.

haha ya thats funny how that works. but its good, get everything at one place....i do mine at 7-8

[R_Ethug]

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8k is fine on a 1.8t using syntec 5w40
if you have a big turbo or drive your car nuts then i'd go with every 5k on syntec

[Khyron]

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Used to be every 6 months, but since less driving this year I'm going to shoot for 10K which is about 6000 miles. Replace filter every time, and I use penzoil platinum 5/40 synth. A few bucks cheaper than castrol but has good reviews.

[stefan]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

as far as i understand, synth is pretty stable, so time isn't too big a deal with synth, it shouldn't break down over time at the same rate regular oil does. you have to worry about contaminants before you have to worry about loosing lubricating ability over time. The synth oil can still probably lubricate even after 10K, but standard filters probably can't keep it clean.

at least thats the understanding i have....

someone should send their oil in for an analysis some time to see what state it's in after 5000km. i think it's kinda pricy to do this though...

[RONDAL]

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the biggest issue with synthetic oil isn't the oil itself its the filter. i would never want to keep the same filter for 10,000Km's....but thats just me.

[Khyron]

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What's the recommended service interval in the US? In miles?

[R_Ethug]

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oh yes and change the filter every change too regardless of what it says.. filter and oil for me ever 8k.. 5k when i go stage3

geoff i guess 5000mi for the US which is 8000km for us

[Khyron]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

Reason I ask is that I believe a lot of other manufacturers including porsche are up to 10K+ miles before changes. I'm getting close to 8k and already have the filter+oil - it's more a question of wasting for no reason.

[The_Stig]

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The audi dealer told my dad his car only needs an oil change once a year. So 15-20k i guess. he drives a 2.0L T A4.
Ihave been doing mine aroung 5k but i wasent sure how much you could streach it if you wernt able to get it done for a while. Or does it make a differnce with cars that have higher km? Mine has 160k.

[ricosuave]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

drop 20 or 30 bucks and get your oil analyzed after 8 or 10k and see how it is doing.