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Replying to: krzyss (Jul 07, 2006 6:12 am) if you notice the service light comes up every 10000 miles
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Replying to: zperson (Jul 07, 2006 6:33 am)
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Replying to: chindia76 (Jul 07, 2006 9:08 am) Where are you getting your oil changed? The oil and filter alone cost more than that if you buy them from the dealer. I don't know about everyone else, but the dealer I use charges $92 for an oil and filter change  , but I'm not getting into that one again. BTW, When I read the service booklet/owners manual for our car it said change the oil at 5,000 miles, again at 10,000 miles and then it goes to a 10,000 mile interval.
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Replying to: jefferyg (Jul 13, 2006 9:11 am)
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Replying to: chindia76 (Jul 13, 2006 1:01 pm) Be nervous, be very nervous. Your car calls for fairly expensive oil and even if they did the job at their cost for the oil and filter (i.e. no labor) it would most likely come to more that $32. My advice would be to check your manual, look at the oil specification (it will be either 502.00 or 503.01) and then make very sure that they are using AT LEAST what is called for. FWIW #1, 503.01 oil is WAY better than the 502.00 stuff (which is a fairly old spec) and that (the 503.01) is the only oil I would allow to be put into my new VW or Audi engine. FWIW #2, $92 is about right for a full 503.01 oil change with a new filter, maybe even a little low. Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Jul 13, 2006 1:55 pm) Chindia, I live in South Mississippi and get our car serviced at the VW dealer in Jackson. Just to give you a quick rundown, the cartridge type filter is $15.85 and the car requires six(yes,6)quarts of pure synthetic motor oil at $8.50 per quart. So that's $66.85 for oil and filter plus 15.90 for labor. After oil disposal fee and tax the total came to $91.10, so I was off by 90 cents. Yes, I might could buy oil that meets the specs someplace else for less money. Perhaps the filter as well. But the way I figure it, as long as the car is under warranty I'd rather have the dealer do the work, and then if something happens they can't say, "Well, you should have used this oil and that filter...." In regards to the earlier post about the Passat using a quart of oil between changes, I've not experienced this. But IMO, no brand new vehicle should use oil that way. I'd be having a talk with my service advisor if it was my car. |
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Replying to: jefferyg (Jul 13, 2006 9:11 am) Does this mean that the dealer is trying to rip me off by getting me to pay for an oil change twice as often as I need? |
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I have a 2001 6 Cylinder Pasant and I have had oil burning issues from the beginning. I have seen reference that other people have had this problem. It uses about a quart per 1000 miles.
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Replying to: koolkinkajou (Aug 29, 2006 2:52 am) Just curious, what type of oil are you using and have you experimented to see of a different oil changes your oil consumption (for better or worse)? Best Regards, Shipo |
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hi Can anyone help. I have a 2001 passat tdi 130bhp. On start up the turbo demand is ok but after 10-15 minutes the turbo drops of line or high revs are required for it to kick in, the acceleration is poor and stagnates at 80mph in 6th gear ie no or extremely slow acceleration. engine idle is ok. i am getting oil coming through the EGR VALVE AND HAVE A STUCK MAP SENSOR. Is this the cause or i am looking at a new turbo unit |
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