[Vwdiesel] changing oil on a 2001 Golf??

[Tad]

Loren - are you sure the manual doesn't mention it?  I seem to recall my 01
saying so, but I could be wrong and too lazy :) to look.
Either way, an 02 (or any ALH engine) should most definitely have 5w30/40
full synth diesel oil.  I've read that it has something to do with the
closeness of the top rings to the top of the piston - non synth oil can
cause the rings to get clogged with soot.  And then there's the turbo, which
can get coked bearings with nonsynthetic.  I'm pretty sure the 10k rating is
only for synthetic.

You've probably seen the other replies, but you suck the oil out of the
cooler directly(via the filter housing), not from the pan.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:18 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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