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Hi mate, I know the garages opposite Asda, seat and skoda... OK so the low down dirty is that you don't fill via the oil filler cap...normally. You take out the torx 30 camshaft sensor and put your funnel in the hole.and fill that way. You can fill via the oil filler neck but you have to go really slow if you want to do it that way. The techs though remove the camshaft sensor and fill with approx 4 litres of oil. VAG do not approve of draining or filling via the dipstic tube ...so you have to drain from the sump as normal. I hope that helps somone out a bit who's looking for answers on how to fill the 1.0 turbo engine Everyone...have a great Christmas, I hope santa 🎅 is good to you. Peace and love to all.. Ian

Well, in short as I'm more than qualified for the job and I do this sort of thing almost daily I might as well just do it myself. If I do the job myself I know its done right and the car has been treated with respect. I work in the industry and every day I see jobs half done and a total disregard for customers cars. It's actually quite shocking sometimes what goes on TBH.

Thanks Xman, I will have a fresh look at it in early January. I might remove the rocker cover and drill a 10 mm hole bang in the centre of the oil filler neck obstruction so that a normal sized funnel would fit. That would solve the problem I think or use my electric oil pump and refill through the dip stick hole. I'll let you all know how I get on and I'll include a few pics for you. I'm working in Dubdee today so I'm going to pop into the VW workshop and ask the techs there how they do it. I'm working at Mazda which is right next door and oddly Mazda and VW share the same workshop. I will report back later this evening hopefully with news....

Hi Guys Thanks for responding, TBH I'm a qualified vehicle engineer. I'm 57 in January and I've worked on all manner of vehicles since I was about 16 years old. The oil filler neck thing confused me as I have never seen that before, I have an electric vehicle oil pump which can suck oil out from the dipstick tube, I've never used it for that though, I might refill via the dipstick tube though from a fresh 4 litre oil container. I might report back on how that goes with pics if anyone is interested. I will give the car a good check over but TBH it's like new, mileage is low at just 3,500 ish miles, it's hardly used, the brakes and discs are as new, I won't be taking the wheels off at this point, just an oil and filter change and perhaps check the AC, if it needs a service I can do that as I'm F Gas certified and I have my own equipment for 1234yf refrigerant. I did have a look on YouTube but could not find anything, it seems kind of silly to block of the oil filler neck IMHO. I was in a Honda workshop recently and the tech removed the old engine oil using the suction pipe down the dipstick tube. Not my cup of tea that but it's one way of doing it I suppose. I'll have a look and see how to reset the service indicator, there is nothing on the dash saying the car needs a service though, I'm doing this as I can see the oil is just on the turn from golden to a slight hint of brown and I consider as its the vehicles first oil and filter change it's a good idea to get it done. 😀

Hi, Looking at changing the oil and filter on the wife's 1.0 turbo Scala, mileage is about 3.5k last time I looked. Upon removing the oil filler cap I see the oil filler neck is partially blocked off thus making it difficult I would of thought to fill with fresh oil. Perhaps somone could advise, I have looked online for an answer but have found nothing. Thank you Ian

Hi, I took a drive down to the dealership after 6pm, the car must be in the workshop as it isn't anywhere to be seen, yes I think it will be ok, thanks for your message, apologies for my late response. Kind regards Ian

Hi, the discs are ok, there is hardly any corrosion at all, in fact I was surprised to see how good they were, the calipers are fine too, I'm trying to work out how to upload pictures on here, as we all like good pics to go along with a story ...

Hi, that's what I'm thinking,

I think Covid got in the way, the car never sold, that's its history..

Hi guys, yes it's an approved used vehicle with the balance of the 3 year warranty. First registered 12/2019 so just over 1 year old.I reckon it's been sitting since 1st registered....its like new with green algae all over it, mostly the bumpers, bottom of the windows and so on...getting it £9,500.00 under it's new list price. I'm sure it'll be ok once it's been through the workshop and a good pressure wash on the outside...

Hi, I looked at a November 2019 registered Scala 1.0 dsg, it's an SE model and put a deposit down on it today. No test drives and dealership wouldnt open the car due to Covid, not allowed under law aparently. Car has just 23 miles on it, the problem I noticed was all the dashboard warning lights were on even though the key was out of the ignition and the car was locked. Spoke to the dealer who told me it's because the battery is flat as a pancake, he phoned me when I got home and said that after I left he went out with a jump starter pack and the Scala fired up right away. the warning lights are back on though as I popped back round to the dealer after it was closed for another look. what do you think, sounds like a short somewhere like the ignition switch or do you think it's the low voltage from the dead battery causing the issue? interested in anyone that has had a similar experience, the car has been sitting for over a year, it has green algae growing on it.