i go about 5-6000 and then take it in to stealers for the 20000 service and get the book stamped
not on my s4, they quote 200001 Year or 10,000 miles. Whichever comes first.
Perhaps we should set up a forum recycling scheme. I'll take everyone's "old" oil and get another 4,000 miles from it. LOL.
The proper synthetic stuff ain't cheap like the old GTX. Spend the money on something that will have benefit, i.e. Brake fluid or a coolant flush. Many cars won't have had either on a normal service schedule unless specified.
Just my £0.02
Every 6k without fail, oil & filter, as above life blood of the engine
if your doing long motorway runs then thats not a problem as the engine is warm all the time but if its a town runner (5 miles to work and 5 miles home) then this will cause some issues. also its good to trash a diesel to give it a clean now and then. if you don't trash it, it will get clogged exhaust ect ect. I spoken to a BMW mechanic and he said the sales men just sold diesels because they were diesels to people who were doing local runs day in day out they are not made for local runs they are made for long motorway runs! they get glogged up and ect ect. if you have a DPF fitted then it will never regen it self as your never trashing it for more then 20 mins over 3/4k.Annually, which will probably work out about 10k, maybe 11-12k miles? Fits in with the annual service.
Why change every 6000 miles? Seems pretty excessive when they're specified to have 20k between changes. Not that I believe in long life servicing, just doesn't seem right?
being totally un mechanically minded reading this thread is making me wonder about owning a diesel myself! I generally only do short trips here and there and I suppose a few motorway runs (100miles, 200miles) per month. So from what i'm gathering from this thread thats a 'bad thing'? however I do always warm the car up before I leave the house first thing, would this make any difference/helping in anyway? are you saying that not allowing the car to warm up fully is not really a good thing? and what aspect of the engine is being 'abused' by this? I do change most serviceable parts very regularly (probably too regularly, oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, pollen filter every 6 months, basically twice a year) I don't pay for castrol edge fully synthetic thou!
apologies for being thick in the mechanical side of things!
I do mine every year, as it only does 5k- 6k a year.
And being a petrol turbo, I always flush the engine with diesel , pouring through the top, letting it drain through a sieve at the sump, and repeat a couple more times.
Obviously this is done before I replace the filter. It just clears the crap out before the fresh stuff goes in.
I've had sludge issues with a 1.8t Passat before.
Brad.
a lot of people say it all comes from the same place with just a different label on but i always use castrol edge 5w30
I'm sure there will be a true knowlegable 'oil fanatic' along soon who will tell us the in's and out's of why/why not to use 5w30/40!I read somewhere that 5w 40 is better that the 30?
I'm sure there will be a true knowlegable 'oil fanatic' along soon who will tell us the in's and out's of why/why not to use 5w30/40!
I'm sure there will be a true knowlegable 'oil fanatic' along soon who will tell us the in's and out's of why/why not to use 5w30/40!
If you have a Costco card, the Castrol Edge is pretty good value there at the moment.
Use what's recommended in the manual. Its there for a reason
Its all about weight of viscosity when the oil is both cold and hot. Depending on climate and use, different viscosities are better than others.
cheap? what motor oil you using? Ive not found any decent stuff for less than £40 per 4Litres the car only takes 4.3lReally depends on style of use. I drive 6 miles to and 6 miles from work 5 days a week and generally around 50 miles over the weekend. Then there's holidays which can clock up around 2000 miles at a time.
I change my oil and filter every 5000 miles. Oil is relatively cheap and is the the life blood of the engine for lubrication and cooling.
Depends on your own circumstances.