{"id":5424,"date":"2024-07-29T14:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T21:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T21:22:18","slug":"oil-change-on-a8l-d5-55-3-0l-at-50k-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/oil-change-on-a8l-d5-55-3-0l-at-50k-miles.html","title":{"rendered":"Oil Change On A8L D5 55 3.0L At 50k Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the reasons that all my Audis last long because I do change oil very regularly, although I don’t take the car to the dealer. I prefer to do it at home because with the new engine, I never have to go under the car, the oil filter is on the top of the engine. The whole process only take less than 30 minutes on a Saturday. I do it right and only me to blame if something done wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 3.0L turbo needs correct oil, so I bought the correct oil Mobil 1, ESP-X2 0W-20 from Autozone when it’s on sale with STP oil filter S45005XL that fits perfectly to our engine. When the coolant needs to be top up, I bough VW\/Audi G013A8JM1 coolant.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 3.0L turbo doesn’t burn oil, at every 10k miles, it burned about 1 quart or less. It’s still above the min mark.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Remove the engine cover, 2 snap-on front and 2 rear.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Use Oil extractor MV7400 that works well for many years now.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Unplug the oil dipstick tub plug with a hook carefully not to lose it or break it.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Slide the small tub to the bottom of the engine oil pan, not to force too much.<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Start pumping oil extractor for the oil to come out.<\/em><\/p>\n

6. Remove the oil filter from the housing with 32mm socket, don’t over tighten when replace the oil filter.<\/em><\/p>\n

7. When 6.5L of oil is out, remove the hose and plug the tub with the plug. Fill up the oil with 7 quarts only. Check the oil after running engine for a few minutes, wait for 2 minutes and check, it should be needing .5-.8 quart more, if not, the oil extractor didn’t get out all the oil.<\/em><\/p>\n

8. When done, reset the service interval.<\/em><\/p>\n