[Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??

[Tad]

Oh, forgot to mention, topside is also cleaner and takes fewer tools...

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> I guess you missed the several times in the thread where it's been
> mentioned that you can't get the approximately 1/2 quart of oil trapped in
> the cooler without doing a topside change?
> It's not that hard to go under, but it's much easier and arguably better to
> do it from the top.  You say it takes you an hour... a topsider can be done
> in half that.
>
> Saying that it's 'just too lazy' to do it your way is just ignorant, not to
> mention unecessarily offensive.
>   On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Matt_Lisa <matt_lisa at sprynet.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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