Well my older 07 manual that I just procured last week with the car stills says VW 502 and 505 specs which 0w40 Mobil 1 meets. Also that grade of M1 is longlife approved by BMW, Mercedes and Porsche. I use it because it is $6 a quart here at the PX in Germany. I can get any european oil but oil costs about 20 euro a liter for the good stuff. Even M1 is 20 euros. BTW 1 USD is 0.71 euro cents.

 

That looks like the oil specs from the generic Audi Servicing Booklet, and not the RS4 Owners Handbook - as a the 505 is a diesel-only oil specification. As I don't think Audi have managed to shoe-horn the V10 TDI under the bonnet/hood of the B7 RS4, I think we can be pretty sure that the 505 is irrelevent. If you have a European B7 RS4, it definately states (in the owners handbook, and NOT the serving handbook) that 504.00 is the preferred high performance oil.

And the longlife approvals of BMW, MB and Porsche mean jack-**** in an Audi - as they are OEM approvals only, and NOT generic approvals. The only relevent longlife approval to use in an Audi (or VW) would be the appropriate VW longlife spec, in this instance, 504.00. And Mobil 1 0W40 definately does NOT meet the 504 standard.

If you are in Germany, then there are literally loads of different suppliers of 504.00 oils - OK, some may be quite expensive - I recently seen Aral (same as BP/Castrol)at 24.95 Euros, but there were also other makes (Shell, OMV and others I cant remember) at cheaper prices.

 

I will look up the Australian standards for the RS4. I take delivery of mine in september 2007. One of the last to be delivered to OZ/.

 

I think you will find Aussie specs are identical to the European standards.

Only two months to go . . . what specs have you ordered on your RS4?

 

Took delivery of B7 RS4 on 6/29/07, I now have 2445 miles. I have added 1 1/2 quarts so far. Lost count of the number of tanks of fuel. I was fairly easy on the engine for thefirst 1000 miles but have been really working it since. Using Castrol 5W-40 as recommended by my dealer. They even topped it off last time I went in to get my plates. I will be changing the oil at the 2500-3000 mile mark. Old school, but I just feel better about it as I plan on tracking it Aug.2. As I said I have been working it pretty damm hard for the last 1400 miles, hit a buck 40 so far and it still was pulling.Looks like my Continental tires are wearing pretty rapidly and expect if I keep this up I'll need a new set around the 8000 mile mark. This has been some of the best weeks I have spent, no tickets, yet, car is still in one piece and my wife really likes it.
Take care and ENJOY this fantastic machine.