snagitseven

These engine break-in/"when to change oil" threads come up regularly on all of the AudiWorld forums and elsewhere. I've always felt that Audi has spent huge amounts of money for research and years of experience, consequently, they really ought to know how best to break in and maintain their engines for best performance and longevity. So, for me, over 13 years and 4 Audis, the manf. manuals trump any other "recommendations". It's worked out well so far.

Prospeeder

This is mostly true...but tell that to all the 1.8T and 2.0T owners who followed their maintenance and were rewarded with low oil pressure sludge and junk engines before 100k miles. Although plenty of rebuilt engines go on in life fine without any special break in oil. I would think the OP is fine just drive it.

snagitseven

For those affected, was that due to following Audi's break-in recommendations or a defect in design that would have occurred regardless? I've not seen empirical data evidence either way. In any case, I'm not saying Audi is infallible, just that following Audi's recommendations vs. that of all the conflicting internet advice is more likely to provide the best overall results for the majority of owners.

in2dwww

You'd be hearing it by now on the Q7 since 2009. It's not an issue.

perlfather

VW specifies 507.00 spec oils for the TDI. This is a 5W30 oil. Google VW 507.000 and you will get lots of these 5W 30 approved oils.

uberwgn

Perl, that's a good point. FWIW, all 507.00 oils are 5W30 but tend to be a "thicker".

Street

Is 507.00 synthetic? I take my pickup to a commercial truck shop, and they only use a diesel-only oil which is dinosaur oil.

I've seen synthetic diesel-only oil at Pep Boys, but never use it. I wonder if it's similar to 507.00. Same viscosity rating.

uberwgn

All 507.00 oils are going to be some form of "synthetic". This VAG spec could never be met with dino-oil base stock.

Yes, Pep Boys sells a compliant 504/507 oil from Mobil. It's approaching $13/L.

Dshady

I also did an early oil change at 1000 miles and my logic was to remove the suspended particles so that they would not imbed themselves or scar bearing surfaces. I do not see how shavings will help the rings seat properly. My thinking on this subject would be that rings seating properly would be a directly related to cylinder pressures and proper progressive loading of the engine during initial run in. Do not idle your engine or hold constant speed/rpm for xxxx amount of miles/hours. This is easier to control with a manual transmission but is still fairly easy to do with the automatic. I further question the correlation between early oil change and oil consumption due to other factors such as "babying" the engine that may not have been taken into account.

Superfly_A6

So I've been to the dealer one more time. They have confirmed that they used 5w40 Castrol Synthec (sp) oil in my oil change. When talking to the service manager he also confirmed that he has heard of higher consumption for people that have changed the oil early. Now, when he says higher consumption, he means more than usual. He said that the DI engines burn oil, and this is normal.

When asking him where are these assumptions (of higher consumption if changing oil early) come from he said its not as much with ring seating as with the non-detergent oil taking away the laser etched piston skirt something blah blah blah .... I didn't fully get what he was saying and he said the broken English of the engineer who explained this to him didn't help either. I'm not sure that leaving the oil with metal particles from initial break in is beneficial to break in. Only long term results will tell.

In any case, the oil change is done and I am not worried about it. My intention is to still do another oil change at 2,000-2,500, perform the oil analysis and then stick to Audi intervals of ~ 8,000km or so.

FYI, The picture is straight from the manual and it shows acceptable oil viscosity for diesels.