"We recommend you use the oil specified in your owners manual." We can all agree that while under warranty, this probably the best advice. Soooo....
I opened my owners manual and for a gasoline engine VW says I can use 502, 503 and 504 oils. Well, if I find an oil that is 504/507, I can use this....right? I have yet to find an oil that is 502/503/504 approved. Is VAG just confused? Yes, I'm looking for a VAG approved low saps oil. However, this 502/503/504 thing in my owners manual has me confused.
Now, going to the VAG website, the current oil list is also confusing. They list low and mid saps oils as 502...such as Pennzoil Platinum Low Saps and Valvoline MST. Nothing 504 approved, only 504/507. They also list approved 505.01 oils but my manual makes no mention of these.
http://www.audiusa.com/content/dam/audiusa/Documents/Audi-1997-2014-Technical-Service-Bulletin.pdf
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