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I've changed my TDI's oil every 10K miles since it was new. It currently has 330K miles on it and runs like a watch.
Pros: runs like a watch
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 330000 km
I've been using these docs for a while now, and am incredibly grateful for you sharing them. With that said, I just noticed something that's news to me. Both the \"Revised Oil Capacity Job Aid\" and the 2012 vs 2013 fluid capacity charts show a 1 qt decrease in engine oil capacity between 2012 and 2013 MY. I've always heard there were insignificant, minor changes between the model years. I've been putting 5ish into my 2012 and it's always been full according to the dipstick.
Pros: grateful for sharing them
Cons: 1 qt decrease in capacity
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
found some FORD Super Duty Diesel oil 15w40.....seems to work pretty well! ford aka motorcraft
Pros: works pretty well
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I had the same problem with my 99.5 VR. I now use 5-50, problem solved.
Pros: problem solved
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
ive always used motorcraft diesel oil. 10w30 in the winter and 15w40 in the summer.
Pros: diesel oil
Vehicle:
Ford
Given that it's almost guaranteed that this was not a turbo engine originally (the lack of factory air filter is another clue) she'll run hotter than usual and so a quality oil is a good investment.
Pros: quality oil is a good investment
Cons: run hotter than usual
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
i run 0w30 in my jetta 2.0. fully synth. have for 33,000 miles, no problems, other then better gas mileage
Pros: better gas mileage
Cons: no problems
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 53108 km
Personally I use 8-10k change intervals on my Jetta, its rated for that, and i use the right oil.
Pros: right oil, long intervals
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 9000 km
We had 50700 VW spec oil in for 4,000 miles on the oil and 4,700 miles on the engine. The iron wear rate was about 15 ppm/1000 miles. The Longlife III oil did have impressive viscosity holding charictaristics. I did not care for the way the oil film of the 50700 wetted surfaces, it fisheyed on plastics.
Pros: impressive viscosity holding
Cons: oil film fisheyed
Mileage: 4000 km
Hmm... I just took the car in for its MoT and although it passed, they noticed that the exhaust was smoky and that oil level had been overfilled. The oil was last changed at the car's 40,000 mile service by the same VW dealer and on the invoice they've listed 9 litres of oil.
Cons: smoky exhaust, oil overfilled
Mileage: 64373 km
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