[Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??

[Dave Cook]

I would agree with everything you said, except I don't understand how the half quart would be trapped with the drain plug but not with sucking it out the dipstick?  The drain is the bottom of the pan, and the sucker should basically be going the same place, right?  

As I just got my hands on a TDI motor, and change the oil on a couple others for people, I'd like to know this.

Thanks!

Dave Cook


--- On Thu, 8/20/09, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> From: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??
> To: "Matt_Lisa" <matt_lisa at sprynet.com>
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:01 PM
> 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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