[Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??

[Matt]

All I know is when I bought the car, the VW dealer was very specific  
about using synthetic oil due to the high temps of the turbo.  Whether  
that's true or not, who knows?  They started me on 5W30, and then a  
TSB came out a couple years later saying to switch to 5W40.  I've  
never heard to use 15W40 dino oil in the TDI.

I didn't mean to imply that any list members were 'lazy' since they  
were doing topside oil changes, I was talking about crawling around  
under the car.  On the Rabbit, I've discovered many potential problems  
under the car that I wouldn't have seen if I were doing topside oil  
changes.  The TDI has been flawless as far as the engine/drivetrain  
are concerned, but you never know.

If I offended the present diesel heads, I apologize.

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




On Aug 20, 2009, at 11:18 PM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/20/2009 1:02:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> tadc at europa.com writes:
>
>> 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?
>>
>
>  Guess I missed it too.  Didn't see ANY mention of it.  So how does
> sucking it out of the pan vs, draining it out the drain plug, get
> oil out of the oil cooler?
> (I don't think too many here would take serious offense to calling a
> "suck out" oil change the "lazy" way to do it.  Nobody here seems
> to really be lazy, it's an opinion and if opinions offend people, then
> I guess it's proof of humanity)  :-D
>
>  Question on the oil:  Dad's owner's manual ('02) says nothing
> about using synthetic.  So, is the 10K interval only for when
> using synthetic or both and is it somehow supposed to be
> having synthetic put in it rather than 15W/40?  I know the PD
> engines have a very specific requirement but the others?
>  (since we're on the subject)
>    Loren
>
>
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