Quick Oil Change question.

[MischlingMk]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

first post, and its about oil, lol. agreed on the oil check ^^^^. good rule of thumb is to change when the oil when the color changes from a dark golden brown to just hard dark brown or black. 'thenatural' changed his oil every 2500 kms on his honda (comparing apples to oranges i know!) and his hard driving finally blew his motor at ~375,000 Kms. i was impressed. a mechanic told me using synthetic oils is useless unless the motor has been fed it since birth. maybe he is right, but i didnt listen. i use Castrol Syntec 10w30 in my Mk2 engine.

[Deuce]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

I change mine every 8,000 kms. Have been doing so since Day 1 at SouthCentre with whatever they put in (Don't even know actually to be honest). Now with about 46,000 kms and counting on my '03... this means I change my oil roughly every 9 months or so.

Do I go from Summer to winter with the same oil? Yes.
Do I go more than 3 months with the same oil? Yes.
Do I actually "Drive" my GTi like its supposed to be driven? Yes.
Does my oil look "Black" when it gets changed? Yes.

Do I care? No.

Have I had a single engine, mechanical, power, seal, whatever issue since I bought the car? No.
Do I intend to drive the car for 200,000 kms or more? No.
Do some people think I'm crazy? Yes.

Do I care? No.

Merry Christmas... Deuce.

[RONDAL]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

The audi dealer told my dad his car only needs an oil change once a year. So 15-20k i guess. he drives a 2.0L T A4.
Ihave been doing mine aroung 5k but i wasent sure how much you could streach it if you wernt able to get it done for a while. Or does it make a differnce with cars that have higher km? Mine has 160k.

yes it does make a difference on higher mileage cars, especialy as some begin to burn more oil as they age.

As i stated previously, the OIL is fine for 15K-20K....its the FILTER that isn't. It stops filtering the oil properly and thats when you end up with problems.

What you can do is change the oil once for every 2 filter changes, or because you are down there just do the whole thing every 8000km's.

[VWSM]

Re: Quick Oil Change question.

change oil every season.