adding oil AUDI S4 2017 Owners Manual

Check ing and F illing
CJ) Note
Driving with an insufficient oil level is likely to
cause severe damage to the engine .
@ Tips
-The oil pre ssure warn ing display. is not
an ind icato r of the oil l evel. Do not rel y on
it. In stead , che ck th e oil le vel in your e n­
gi ne a t regul ar int ervals, prefe rably e ach
t ime you re fuel , and al ways befo re go ing
on a long trip .
-If you have the impression your engine con­
sumes excessive amounts of oil, we recom­
mend that you consult an authorized Aud i
dealer to have the cause of your concern
properly d iagnosed . Keep in mind that the
accurate measurement of oil consumpt ion
r equi res great ca re and may take some
time. An authorized Audi dealer has instruc­
tions about how to measure oil consump­
tion accurately.
Checking the engine oil level
The engine oil level can be checked in the Info­
tainment system
.. Park you r vehicle on a level surface.
.. Shut the engine off when it is warm.
.. Switch only the ignition back on.
.. Wait approximately two minut es .
.. Se lect in the Infotainment system: the
I MENU I
button > Ve hicle > left cont rol button > S er vice
& c h ecks > Oil lev el.
.. Check the oil level in the Infotainment system
display . Add engine oil if the bar in the oil level
indicato r is near "min "¢
page 308 .
The engine oil consumpt ion may be up to
0 .5 quart pe r 600 miles (0.5 l iter/1,000 km), de­
pending on driving style and operating condi­
tions. Consumption may be highe r d uring the
fi rst 3 ,000 mi les (5,000 km). Because of this, the
engine o il level must be checked regu larly. I t
wou ld be best to check each time you refuel your
vehicle and before long drives .
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(D Tips
The oil level indicator in the disp lay is only an
i nformat ional disp lay .
If the oil leve l is too
l ow, a min imum oil warning appears in the in­
strument cluster. Add oil and close the hood.
The current oil level is displayed in the instru ­
ment cluster the next t ime the ignition is
switched on.
Adding engine oil <t=:7:
F ig. 248 E n gin e compartment : engine oil f ille r open ing
cover
.. Read a nd follo w all WARNIN GS before check­
ing anything in the engine compartment ¢
A
in Working in the engine compartment on
page 304 .
.. Turn the engine off .
.. Unscrew the cap
ce--: for the engine oil filling
opening <=>
fig. 248, <=> page 306 .
.. Carefully add 0 .5 quart (0.5 l iter) of the correct
oil ¢
page 306.
.. Check the oil level aga in after two minutes
¢ page 308, Checking the engine oil level .
.. Add more o il if necessary.
.. Close the engine oi l filler opening cap .
A WARNING
-When adding oil, do not let oil drip onto hot
engine components. This increases the risk
of a fire.
- You must secure the cap on the oil f iller
open ing correctly so that oil does not leak
out onto the hot engine and exhaust system
when the engine is runn ing, because this is
a fire hazard .
- Always clean sk in thoroughly if it comes into
contact with eng ine oil.

Switching displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driver Information System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service interval display ...... .. .. .... . 316
Driver seat
refer to Seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Driver's door (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Drives
refertoMed ia ............... .. .
209,217
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DVD drive (media dr ives) . ..... ... ... .. . 210
Dynamic steering
Indicator light
Dynamic volume 121
137
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
E
E-mail
E . l conom1ca route ............ ... ... .. .
166
194
eco (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
EDL
refer to Electronic Differentia l Lock . . . . . 134
Electromechanical parking brake
refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Electromechanical power steering . . . . . . . 137
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
E lectronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
134
Electronic Differential Lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 134
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Emergency call
Audi connect emergency call and service .
184
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
<( ~ Emergency locking the front passenger's door .42
N ~ Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
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Index
Emissions control system
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
303
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310
preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Engine compartment
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
305
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Chang ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Checking oil leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 34
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Oil grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 34
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine warm-up request
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Enhanced view .. .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. . 14
Entering characters/numbers (speller) ... . 148
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Entertainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Entry/exit lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Environment
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid ...
311
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 309
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
External speech dialog system . . . . . . . . . . 159
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