[Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??

[Matt_Lisa]

Yeah, it's crazy that they won't.  My golf has 189K miles on it with zero issues with the engine or turbo.  I just change it every 10K.  When TDI's first started filtering into the USA, some people on TDIclub did oil analysis after 10K and 20K.  Even at 20K, the oil was still serviceable.  I wouldn't go that far, though, as there are lots of unforseen things that can happen to the oil in that amount of time like contamination.  

And yeah, Rolf, the people who use the dipstick sucker are just too lazy to crawl under the car and pull the pan.  It really isn't that hard.  I can have my oil completely done in about an hour.  

-Matt
http://matt_lisa.home.sprynet.com/

-----Original Message-----
>From: mikitka <mikitka at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 20, 2009 3:48 PM
>To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??
>
>It is amazing that the owners of all TDI VW's have no issues with going 10k
>intervals. But you can't get the general public to extend their 3k intervals
>at all, even though today's oils can go a lot longer than 3k.
>
>Nick
>
>Changing oil in the Golf TDI is the same as on everything else.  Pull the
>belly pan, drain oil, replace filter, replace drain plug, fill with fresh
>oil.  Make sure to use 5W40 synthetic (Wal-Mart sells Shell Oil that meets
>the spec).
>
>I've done my own oil changes on the Golf since I bought it.  I'm about to do
>the 20th one.  My how time flies.  I really like the 10K mile interval.  It
>makes it a lot less of a hassle.
>
>-Matt
>http://matt_lisa.home.sprynet.com/
>
>
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