oil viscosity AUDI A3 SEDAN 2017 Owners Manual

Checking and Filling
front of the engine compartment¢ page 319,
fig.271.
Audi recommends
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Audi recommends Longlife high performance
engine oil from Audi Genuine Parts
Using the proper engine oil is important for the
functionality and s ervice life of the engine. Your
engine was factory-filled with a high -quality oil
which can usually be used throughout the entire
year .
(D Note
Your Limited New Vehicle Warranty does not
cover damage or malfunctions due to failure
to follow recommended maintenance and use
requirements as set forth in the Audi Owner's
Manual and Warranty
& Maintenance booklet .
-Use only a high quality engine oil that ex-
pressly complies with the Audi oil quality
standard specified for your vehicle's engine .
Using any other oil can cause serious engine
damage.
-Do not mix any lubricants or other additives
into the engine oil. Doing so can cause en­
gine damage.
(D Tips
If you need to add oil and there is none availa­
ble that meets the Audi oil quality standard
your engine requires, you may add a total of
no more than 0.5 qt (0.5 l) of a high-quality
"synthetic"oil that meets the following speci­
fications.
-ACEA A3 or API SM with a viscosity grade of
SAE 0W-30, SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40.
-For more information about engine oil that
has been approved for your vehicle, please
contact either your authorized Audi dealer
or Audi Customer Relations at 1 (800) 822-2834 or visit our web site at
www .audiusa.com or www .audicanada.ca .
320
· Engine oil consumption
T he engine in your vehicle depends on on ade­
quate amount of oil to lubricate and cool oil of
its moving ports .
In order to provide effective lubrication and cool­
ing of internal engine components, all internal
combustion engines consume a certain amount
of oil. Oil consumption varies from engine to en­ gine and may change significantly over the life of
the engine . Typically, engines with a specified
break-in period
(see ¢ page 74) consume more
oil during the break-in period than they consume
after oil consumption has stabilized.
Under normal conditions, the rate of oil con­
sumption depends on the quality and viscosity of
the oil , the RPM (revolutions per minute) at
which the engine is operated, the ambient tem­ perature and road conditions. Further factors are
the amount of oil dilution from water condensa­
tion or fuel residue and the oxidation level of the
oil. As any engine is subject to wear as mileage
builds up, the oil consumption may increase over
ti me until replacement of worn components may
become necessary.
With all these variables coming into play, no standard rate of oil consumption can be estab­
lished or specified . There is no alternative to reg­
ular and frequent checking of the oil level , see
Note.
If the yellow engine oil level warning symbol II
in the instrument cluster lights up, you should
check the oil level as soon as possible
¢ page 321. Top off the oil at your earliest con­
venience
¢ page 321.
A WARNING
Before you check anything in the engine com­
partment, always read and heed all WARN­
INGS
¢ page 316.
(D Note
Driving with an insufficient oil level is likely to
cause severe damage to the engine.
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Index
e-tron Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
also refer to Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . 94
eco mode (automatic climate control system) .7.1
Economical route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Electrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Electric range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 83
E lectromechanica l steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 151
El ectronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electronic Stabilization Control ( ESC) . . . . . 151
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Eme rgency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Emissions control system
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting/stopping (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Engine compartment
Opening and closing the hood...... ... . 318
Overview ..... .................. .... 319
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Engine coolant
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Checking the oil level................. 321
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
D ipstick .. .. .... ................ 319,321
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
386
Specification and viscosity............. 319
Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Ent ering characters/numbers (speller) . . . . 165
Entering lette rs (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ente rtainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Entry/exit lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 322
Unlead ed gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
ESC
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Expanded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fo lding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Folding settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Externa l voice operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 300
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fast forwarding/rewindi ng (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 230
Fast route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Favorites Media ....... ..... .. ............... 232
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
File formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fo lding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 68
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fo r the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 74
Leaks ........ ... ... .............. .. 317
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69