Just reading some older posts regarding oil changes. Most of you seem to reccomend changing the oil every 3-5k. My 2.7T has been run on Longlife oil. The service life for this oil acording to Audi UK is 18-20K. That to me seems scary long, even for special (expensive) oil. Its around £12.00 a litre ($20.00) at the specialist VAG supplier.
Anyway I've decided to change my oil now. its done 10k since the last change. I'm a new owner of this car. My car has now done 109,000 miles. It has a full Audi service history showing only 5 oil changes from new.
Do you guys have Longlife oil over there in the U.S. ?

 

I have a 2001 A6 2.7t and I change my oil at 5k miles at most. Even though I do put synthetic in it.
Another suggestion: in cold weather go 5w30 and in warmer 10w40. I live in NY and switch to 5w30 in november and back to 10w40 around mid-march.

 

Hello,
Just got a 2001 2.7T from a friend and change dthe oil yesterday. Can you tell me the capacity with a filter change? The owner's manual says 6 qts but it took about 7.5 qts to get up to the top mark on the dip stick.

Thanks very much.

Tim in NJ

 

7.5 Qrts would be right. You have more because of the Twin Turbo's.

Jason

 

Yeah, I used 7 quarts of Mobil 1 Extended life. It's suppose to be good for 15K, but I plan on going half that distance before I change it again. Good Luck

2000 2.7T

 

My mechanic says every 10,000 miles. I feel more comfortable at 5,000. I use full synthetic Mobile 1 with/ Audi filter at $16.50 Good Luck jtv4.2

 

5,000 miles, full synthetic.