2013 Audi Q5 Engine Oil Question

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Hi Guys

I was wondering, how many litres is Q5 2.0T FSI Engine Oil Capacity? I check the manual, it doesn't tell you anything. Also, when I check the engine, there is no oil Dipstick?? So that means ppl will have to rely on the computer system (MMI) to check everything...

I hope someone has a Q5 around...or at least know something about it.
Its a new 2013 version, but I doubt there will be much difference compared to older models.

Thanks
 
keymaster said:
Hi Guys

I was wondering, how many litres is Q5 2.0T FSI Engine Oil Capacity? I check the manual, it doesn't tell you anything. Also, when I check the engine, there is no oil Dipstick?? So that means ppl will have to rely on the computer system (MMI) to check everything...

I hope someone has a Q5 around...or at least know something about it.
Its a new 2013 version, but I doubt there will be much difference compared to older models.

Thanks
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Is the no information about the oil top up in the handbook?

As pointed out earlier the Audi Club SA forum is really good.
 
Yup no dipstick. No idea about capacity though, sorry
 
The reason why I wanted to find out the engine oil capacity is because I want to DIY change the engine oil at at around 5000km to 6000km or maybe at 7500km. Since its still a new car, I find that changing the oil once before the first service keeps the engine "smoother".
This is all personal preference and experience though. But was kinda shocked to see that there is no dipstick for the car...

thanks
 
Else surely OP will be able to tell if he measures how much oil is drained? I know nothing about DIY oil changes, just my 2 cents :p

edit: Though I can imagine without a dipstick this would be a worrying thing to turn on the engine to let the computer tell you how the fuel levels are. :erm:
 
StrontiumDog said:
Else surely OP will be able to tell if he measures how much oil is drained? I know nothing about DIY oil changes, just my 2 cents :p

edit: Though I can imagine without a dipstick this would be a worrying thing to turn on the engine to let the computer tell you how the fuel levels are. :erm:
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It will tell you how much is drained but not how much you are short of, also does not tell you how much to buy beforehand (oil is farking expensive for the good stuff).

Well that's how many of them work these days, you have to trust the computa. When changing the oil on one of these add 500ml less than the spec, switch on the car and let engine run for a short while and see what the computa says, add 250ml more and try the procedure again until it's happy. You don't have to do this but I prefer it to overfilling.
 
keymaster said:
Hi Guys

I was wondering, how many litres is Q5 2.0T FSI Engine Oil Capacity? I check the manual, it doesn't tell you anything. Also, when I check the engine, there is no oil Dipstick?? So that means ppl will have to rely on the computer system (MMI) to check everything...

I hope someone has a Q5 around...or at least know something about it.
Its a new 2013 version, but I doubt there will be much difference compared to older models.

Thanks
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No idea about the exact capacity, but when the OBC gives me the warning I pour 2 pints and then I'm sorted.
 
OP, what would Audi charge for an oil change? Might be worth it just getting them to do it?
 
Audi would charge a fair amount for an out of service oil change. R350-400-ish for the oil and an hour of labour... So you could look at about R1000.

My BMW doesn't have a dipstick either. In the trip computer there's a function that allows me to electronically check my oil levels.
 
keymaster said:
The reason why I wanted to find out the engine oil capacity is because I want to DIY change the engine oil at at around 5000km to 6000km or maybe at 7500km. Since its still a new car, I find that changing the oil once before the first service keeps the engine "smoother".
This is all personal preference and experience though. But was kinda shocked to see that there is no dipstick for the car...

thanks
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Modern oils are designed to last and work per the intended service schedules. I would just keep to what the factory dictates.
 
froot said:
Audi would charge a fair amount for an out of service oil change. R350-400-ish for the oil and an hour of labour... So you could look at about R1000.

My BMW doesn't have a dipstick either. In the trip computer there's a function that allows me to electronically check my oil levels.
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Ok, not too bad then. I would imagine someone buying a Q5 would find their time better spent just paying Audi to do the oil change, unless of course they derive great joy from doing it themselves :)

A Q5 isn't cheap, entry level is 480k and they go up to 637k. Not to be funny but if i was spending that kinda cash on a car I don't think I would sweat 1k for an oil change :p
 
There is no need for you to change the oil prematurely.

That engine was run-in at the factory and is running the best fully synthetic oil available which by design could go for a cycle of two services if it needed to, apart from there not being enough oil to go that far.

That being said the 2.0T uses about a litre of oil every 2500km so by the time you get to 7500km you would technically have cycled all the oil in the car already so if you really wanted to go about this then buy the oil and leave it in the boot then drive the car until the oil pressure light comes on and fill it up, job done.

Just draining and replacing is meaningless if you don't also change the filter though, but like I said these engines are already run in these days and there won't be any metal shavings to worry about.
 
SauRoNZA said:
There is no need for you to change the oil prematurely.

That engine was run-in at the factory and is running the best fully synthetic oil available which by design could go for a cycle of two services if it needed to, apart from there not being enough oil to go that far.

That being said the 2.0T uses about a litre of oil every 2500km so by the time you get to 7500km you would technically have cycled all the oil in the car already so if you really wanted to go about this then buy the oil and leave it in the boot then drive the car until the oil pressure light comes on and fill it up, job done.

Just draining and replacing is meaningless if you don't also change the filter though, but like I said these engines are already run in these days and there won't be any metal shavings to worry about.
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Agree, trust the engineers.
 
SauRoNZA said:
There is no need for you to change the oil prematurely.
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Won't do any harm either. If you changed your engine oil and filter every week you would have a better running engine after 100k.

Take the sump plug out of a new car and check the amount of 'filings' magnetised to it vs 30k later.
 
ponder said:
Won't do any harm either. If you changed your engine oil and filter every week you would have a better running engine after 100k.
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Actually, this isn't true at all. Complete waste of money, time and good oil.

Modern engine oil contain detergents and the oil is most volatile during the first +-5000km and which it stabilises. So yes, it might feel more smooth, but doesn't mean it's performing optimally. When the oil becomes darker (particles suspended in the oil), its indicative of the oil doing it's work. It doesn't mean the oil isn't doing a good job anymore. Obviously the amount of particles that can be suspended in the oil is limited, but that's why there's a service interval. Again, modern oils can probably easily do 20k km but manufacturers generally keep to 15k km intervals as it's still on the safe side.
 
ponder said:
Won't do any harm either. If you changed your engine oil and filter every week you would have a better running engine after 100k.

Take the sump plug out of a new car and check the amount of 'filings' magnetised to it vs 30k later.
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Probably won't do much harm, unless you get it wrong and have a warranty claim on your hands which they don't want to pay out because you fiddled with it...

Every car/engine has metal filings which why the plug is magnetised in the first place. Modern cars running modern oils do so for 200 000km without blinking....whether you changed the oil prematurely or not.

I'd go so far as to say if you NEVER changed the oil (but of course keeper it topped up) the engine wouldn't be much worse for it at the end of it all.


What you DO with the car and how you drive it during the running in period when the rings need to seal is more important than changing the oil...which is why most manufacturers do it for you on a dyno these days. The running in period in the manual is more relevant to other components than the engine itself in most cases.
 
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