Is my car set up for Longlife or not?

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52 plate AUA, will the presence of a sump oil sensor indicate that its set up for the Longlife/AVS regime?
I have searched the internet but all I find is bickering...
 
52 plate AUA, will the presence of a sump oil sensor indicate that its set up for the Longlife/AVS regime?
I have searched the internet but all I find is bickering...
I personally ignore the long life service I change the oil and filter every year using Caster edge quality oil and genuine Audi oil filter..it’s not expensive ..all 3 of our a2s max milage on one used the most 8k ..
 
Every other Audi I have owned had no mechanical additions for long life servicing. It was a simple setting in the software that could be switched on or off and was dependant on you using the correct oil. In my view, no car should ever go over 10k without an oil change. As cars get older and more worn, this should be reduced further. I would suggest yearly or 9k as a max.
 
Agree with greywolfhound - 18,000 miles is a long way to go without an oil change on a diesel, even though oil quality is surely better than it was in 2002. Mine usually gets changed every 7,500 miles or so.
 
10,000 miles or as close as possible wether she needs it changed or not. As a result I haven’t had any problems with any of my new main components. Turbo, EGR, gaskets oil leaks etc.
 
It’s the same on my Macan, service intervals are set at 20k depending on the driving style. Personally I think that is too long and my Macan has had its oil changed twice in 17k miles and I will have it done again at around 25k.
Its the same story with Adams A2, we change the oil every year which usually equates to 4-5k miles.

I owned a Mk1 golf GTi for 13 years, changed the oil every 6k and never had a single engine issue at all, it was on 156k when I sold it.

Ian
 
My Volvo C70's software is set to yearly or 18k, whichever comes first. I think the first year I had it (pre-A2's) I maybe managed 12k, but a lot less since. It's that time of year again and even though it's only done 2k miles since last time, with no journey under 20 miles, I'm still going to have it done.
 
I bought a full filter set inc. fuel and cabin, plus NGK spark plugs for the engine because I am not convinced that the car has been properly serviced, regardless of the stamped book.
Local factors checked the reg and said "Longlife oil for your car"
5W30 full synthetic to VW504.000/507.000
 
I bought a full filter set inc. fuel and cabin, plus NGK spark plugs for the engine because I am not convinced that the car has been properly serviced, regardless of the stamped book.
Local factors checked the reg and said "Longlife oil for your car"
5W30 full synthetic to VW504.000/507.000
That's the best oil to use, regardless of regime (annual or usage based).
I'd suggest you change oil and filter every year, regardless of mileage, or, given the times we're in, lack of mileage.
Make sure the oil is actually certified or tested to VW504.000/507.000, and not just "meets"
Meets means it's blended to meet the VW spec, but has not actually been proven to. Genuine VW (Quantum) oil is not that much more than look alikes.
Mac.
 
It’s such an anecdotal subject and everyone has their opinions as has been made obvious by this thread.

I use top quality oil and am in the “9000 miles or 15 months, whichever first” camp, however it would be interesting to get an oil analysis done on my cars at that point and get an opinion as to whether it actually needs to be changed and if not, how much further could it be safely pushed before the wear protection and/or additive packs are starting to get compromised.
 
It’s such an anecdotal subject and everyone has their opinions as has been made obvious by this thread.

I use top quality oil and am in the “9000 miles or 15 months, whichever first” camp, however it would be interesting to get an oil analysis done on my cars at that point and get an opinion as to whether it actually needs to be changed and if not, how much further could it be safely pushed before the wear protection and/or additive packs are starting to get compromised.
Not worth pushing ... bosses wanted to string out service intervals on the mining equipment I used to work on to try and save money .... short term gain for long term pain.. especially when you are paying over 400k for an engine then the down time , loss of production etc.. .. I would just keep regular oil changes. Mine will be done at least 2 or 3 times a year . .
 

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That’s just my point however - nobody knows at what point you are “pushing”, vs. just wasting money throwing perfectly serviceable oil into the council recycling tank.

I use Millers EE Nanodrive in both my cars - as you can see it’s nearly 50-odd quid if you’re paying for shipping also, BUT it’s top quality stuff (and British too): So if I changed it on average 2.5 times a year (to take your regime as an example) and I only needed to change it once in reality, then an oil analysis that costs 45 quid (for two goes) that will yield the hard evidence to prove this wastage is money well spent - data doesn’t lie.

In the absence of hard evidence however and until then, I agree that we should continue to err on the side of caution.

Thinking about it I think I’m going to order up a kit and do it - I’ll post the results on the forum when I do ?
 
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