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I HIGHLY recommend 5k oil changes with a quality synthetic oil and factory oil filters. There may be others that are OK, but you are sure to have a good filter if you use a factory filter. Stay away from brands like Fram and anything from the quicky oil change places. The filters they use a not good.
Pros: quality, good filter
Cons: Fram not good
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
My XJ channels its ww2 roots with Ford diesel oil and an FL-1A filter.
Part number: FL-1A
I've been very surprised by how easy the Golf has been to work on so far, actually. Oil changes are super easy because the filter is a cartridge on the top of the engine, reservoirs are easy to reach and the battery doesn't require anything else to be removed to replace.
Pros: super easy oil changes
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I just completed my first oil change on this car and it was a breeze compared to my MK5 R32. We have a bone stock 2018 SE AWD and I didn't even need to get the car on jack stands. Oil Filter, VW P/N 06L115562B
Pros: easy oil change
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Part number: 06L115562B
I changed out the factory fill today at 2,347 miles. I could not find any VW 502 oil in 0w30 locally, so I used Valvoline MST 5w40 which is certified for VW 502, so no warranty concerns. I also used an OEM VW filter which was 15 bucks delivered also on line, but I hope to find those locally for a bit less in the future. I could see small shiny specs of debris in the creases of the old filter, which is why I (and many folks) don't like to run factory fill oil very long.
Pros: OEM quality
Cons: expensive
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 2347 km
I always recommend using a genuine VW oil filter.
Pros: genuine VW filter
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Well she ran out of free oil changes at VW and so I went online to research which oil is recommended to use in the VW and found that just to buy the filter and enough oil that meets the VW specification requirements would cost close to $80. I can buy the stuff to do an oil change in the Lexus for less than $30
Pros: cheaper oil change Lexus
Cons: expensive VW filter, oil
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
when I did the first oil change on my car I removed an aftermarket Filter. The OEM filter was about 1/3 larger, and weighed the same as the aftermarket filter full of oil. Just makes me wonder how much more there is inside the OEM filter.
Pros: larger filter
Cons: smaller aftermarket filter
Vehicle:
Ford Mustang
Me too, so I went back to the stock size filter and the issue improved.
Cons: caused startup rattle
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Part number: 068 115 561B
I've tried this filter and it produced lots more startup rattle from the lifters. Something to watch out for when trying it out.
Cons: produced more startup rattle
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Part number: 068 115 561B
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