What type of oil does an Audi TT take?

I have a 2008 Audi TT. The oil seems to disappear in this thing. The dealership swears up and down that the consumption of oil is 'normal'...but I am literally filling it every month...well, every other month maybe.

They had supplied me with some spare oil but now I dont know what type of oil the TT takes. Any help?

Tags: Audi, Oil, TT

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Permalink Reply by Thom Johannsen on December 1, 2010 at 8:58am

I don't know what is "standard" but I would be surprised if they are not using Mobil 1 as a synthetic.
What does the manual say? Yeah...that printed thing that comes with the car. You know

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Permalink Reply by Justin on February 12, 2011 at 7:21pm

The Audi TT takes 10w40. I prefer Mobil 1

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Permalink Reply by ChrisZ on March 31, 2011 at 12:15pm

Mobil 1. Time to fight with your dealer!!! If there are no leaks, and you are adding that much oil, the engine is messed up. Ask the dealer for the Tech bulletins, if the dealer doesn't want to answer you on that, call Audi consumer affairs and open a complaint. This is very similar to Nissan's problem with the 2006 350z and the G35 Infinity. Nissan screwed up, the rings never seated properly on the engine block, to get a little more horse power, they played with physics and lost. My 350z consumed 4qts of oil in 2 weeks. Now I don't drive that car nice at all, this was before I did any mods to it as well.

Lemon law applies, if Audi won't fix it. And you could get your money back along with additional damages.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on March 31, 2011 at 2:50pm

@ChrisZ - thank you. They swore up and down that this was 'normal'. Oddly enough my friend has an A8 and had the SAME issue. Literally the same issue. Have you ever heard of this being an 'audi specific' problem with the oil consumption?

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Permalink Reply by ChrisZ on March 31, 2011 at 7:04pm

I Find this interesting. I personally don't know anyone with an TT. I haven't worked on any Audi's, but an engine is an engine.

Here is a link to a good site that keeps up with the tech bulletins and recalls, there are 51 bulletins on your car, many are related to engine misfire and ignition coil replacement.

http://www.automd.com/recall-tsb/search/?m=Audi&mm=TT&y=2008

I would call Audi America Consumer affairs open a ticket. No this is not normal, and the sad thing is, if the oil low indicator doesn't come on in time, or you are low and you get into it hard, you will cause more damage than you can imagine, and of course the dealer will blame it on the driver.

All engines will typically consume less than 1/2qt oil between oil changes when using regular oil, the oil consumption is reduced with oils such as Mobil 1.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on March 31, 2011 at 7:20pm

YOU ARE AWESOME! Thanks for the link....will def give that a look around!

And thank God the Audi is a lease :-)

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Permalink Reply by ChrisZ on April 1, 2011 at 1:02pm

They are overall good cars. But I was floored when I started cruising through the Tech bulletins for your model The A8 has the same issues. Kind of scary. Keep me posted curious to what Audi says and decides to do for you.

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Marshall on June 7, 2011 at 4:11pm

The local Audi dealer says oil 'consumption' can be up to one quart per 1200 miles. At that rate, the five quarts supposedly put in at the service will be long gone at 10000miles!

He offered to top it off, but I can do without that hassle on a $35k car in the 21st century..........when I asked what oil I should use he said synthetic 5w/40.

I quizzed him about where the oil actually goes, and should I use 'Audi' oil to preserve the warranty - he was evasive on both points, claiming Audi doesn't have their own oil.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on June 7, 2011 at 6:52pm

I find it all suspect. I have since moved onto a Mercedes. The TT was my first Audi. What a fun car to drive, BUT..to be completely honest...it had the most problems I have ever had with a car from the very beginning. SO much fun to whip around corners though!

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Marshall on June 22, 2011 at 4:27pm

I'm now told it could be a "defective oil separator valve" - any idea what that is?

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Permalink Reply by Jack on June 22, 2011 at 5:10pm

Oil separators are used on engines equipped with superchargers.

Sorry to say, but the only reasonable fix is to replace it.

One tip for supercharged engines: Never put too much oil in the engine. I'm talking about even 1/2 quart too much.

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Marshall on June 7, 2011 at 1:33pm

Our 2009 TT looks to be the same. Only 4k gentle miles since last Audi service and light on - sure enough, dipstick at low mark. Car is garaged in So Cal so no cold starts. Definitely no leaks. How can it "burn" this much oil and not affect emissions? Can it "leak internally" somehow?

I've been driving nearly 50 years, used to do my own oilchanges and NEVER had this issue. Is it possible the dealer just scrimped on the amount of oil? Invoice says '5' but don't know if that is qts., liters, cupfuls or whatever! Grrrrrr......