CheckingandFilling
>Addengineoilifnecessary>page240.
Areasontheoildipstick>fig.183.
@)]Iftheengineoillevelisjustbeforethe
See>.
marking@),thenengineoilmustbeadded.
@]|Donotaddengineoil.
@)Note
— Theengineoillevelmustnotbebelowthe
marking@),becausethisincreasestherisk
ofenginedamage.
—Afteraddingengineoil,theoillevelmust
not beabovethemarking@)>fig.183,be-
causethisincreasestheriskofcatalyticcon-
verterand/orenginedamage.Iftheoillevel
isabovethemarking@,drivetoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohaveanyengineoil
extracted.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullac-
celeration,andheavyengineloads.
@Tips
Theengineoilconsumptionmaybeupto
0.5quart/600miles(0.5liter/1,000km),de-
pendingondrivingstyleandoperatingcondi-
tions.Consumptionmaybehigher duringthe
first3,000miles(5,000km).Theengineoil
levelmustbecheckedregularly.Itisbestto
checkeachtimeyourefuelyourvehicleand
beforelongdrives.
—
Becauseofthelubricationandcoolingof
theengine,combustionenginesconsume
oil.Theoilconsumptionvariesdepending
ontheengineandmaychangeduringthe
servicelifeoftheengine.Enginesgenerally
consumemoreoilatthebeginningduring
the
break-inperiod.Thenoilconsumption
stabilizesafterthebreak-inperiod.
—Undernormalconditions,oilconsumption
dependsonthequalityandviscosityofthe
oil,theengineRPM,theclimateconditions,
andtheroadconditions.Thedilutionofoil
fromcondensationorfuelresidueaswellas
theageoftheoilalsoplayarole.Because
enginewearincreaseswithmileage,oilcon-
sumptionwillincreaseagainovertimeuntil
240
itmaybenecessarytoreplaceworncompo-
nents.
—Becauseallthesevariablesplayarole,itis
notpossibletodefineanoilconsumption
standard.Therefore,theoillevelmustbe
checkedregularly.
—Ifyoubelievethatyourenginehasin-
creaseditsoilconsumption,contactanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitytodeterminethecause.
Pleasenotethatanexactoilconsumption
measurementmustbedonewiththeneces-
sary careandaccuracyandmaytaketime.
AnauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAu-
diServiceFacilityistrainedinaccurately
measuringtheoilconsumption.
—Youcanfindinformationonengineoiland
engineoilcapacitiesfortheUSAatwww.
audiusa.com/help/maintenance,orforCan-
adaatwww.audi.ca/ca/web/en/
customer-area/care-and-maintenance/
audi-service-schedules.html,orcall
800-822-2834.
Addingengineoil
B8K-2120
Fig.184Enginecompartment:engineoilfilleropening
cover
Observethesafetyprecautions>A\inGeneral
informationonpage236.
>Turn theengineoff.
>Openthehood>page237.
>Unscrewthecap7fortheengineoilfiller
opening>fig.184.
>Carefullyadd0.5quart(0.5liter)ofthecorrect
oil>page238.
>Checktheoillevelagainaftertwominutes
=page239,Checkingtheengineoillevel.>
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@)Note
— Theconcentrationofanti-freezingagent
mustbeadjustedtothevehicleoperating
conditionsandtheclimate.Aconcentration
thatistoohighcanleadtovehicledamage.
—Neveraddradiatoranti-freezeorotheraddi-
tivestothewasherfluid.
—Donotuseaglasscleanerthat contains
paintsolvents,becausethiscoulddamage
thepaint.
Serviceintervaldisplay
Theserviceintervaldisplaydetectswhenyourve-
hicleisdueforservice.
Theserviceintervaldisplayworksintwostages:
—Inspectionoroilchangereminder:afteracer-
taindistancedriven,amessageappearsinthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplayeachtimetheig-
nitionisswitchedonoroff.Theremainingdis-
tanceortimeisdisplayedbriefly.
—Inspectionoroilchangedue:ifyourvehicle
hasreached aninspection oroilchangeinterval
orbothintervalsatthesametime,themes-
sageInspectiondue!orOilchangedue!orOil
changeandinspectiondue!appearsbrieflyaf-
terswitchingtheignitionon/off.
Checkingserviceintervals
Youcan checktheremainingdistanceortimeun-
tilthenextoilchangeornextinspection.Select
intheInfotainmentsystem:the[MENU]button>
Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Service&checks>
Serviceintervals.
Resettingtheindicator
AnauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitywillresettheserviceintervaldis-
playafterperformingservice.
Ifyouhavechangedtheoilyourself,youmustre-
settheoilchangeinterval.
Toresetthedisplay,selectintheInfotainment
system:the[MENU]button>Vehicle> leftcon-
trolbutton>Service&checks>Serviceintervals
>Resetoilchangeinterval.
C@)Note
—Onlyresettheoilchangeindicatoriftheoil
waschanged.
—Followingtheserviceintervalsiscriticalto
maintainingtheservicelifeandvalueof
yourvehicle,especiallytheengine.Evenif
themileageonthevehicleislow,donotex-
ceedthetimeforthenextservice.
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