hi, i have currently moved to germany and need my 40,000 mile/ 60,000km service. i have been to a skoda/vw garage and they want to use long life oil in the service. prior all our services have been done in cardiff with white dove skoda every 12month/10,000 mile included in the warranty deal. i have read a few bit and bobs and pd engines keep cropping up and this might have an impact on which oil to use? this is important to me as oil out here is extremely expensive and with my parents visiting shortly they will bring with them the correct oil i need. also when does the Haldex clutch oil need changing, the service manual says every 30,000km/20,000 miles but my service manual state is never been done?

very grateful for any help provided

gareth edwards

Edited 19 March, 201016 yr by gareth.edwards

What sort of annual mileage do you anticipate doing from now on? From about 15_000 miles/year up, I'd suggest switching to variable service (if applicable).

As for the Haldex, it's due an oil change every 20_000 according to the real manufacturer, regardless of what VAG manuals say.

Someone will probably correct me, but I thought that you had to be on variable (or long life) servicing from the outset and couldn't switch to it part way through... ?

What sort of annual mileage do you anticipate doing from now on? From about 15_000 miles/year up, I'd suggest switching to variable service (if applicable).

As for the Haldex, it's due an oil change every 20_000 according to the real manufacturer, regardless of what VAG manuals say.

being out in germany we expect to do quite a bit of mileage, but does a roomster have a diesel particle filter?

gareth

hi, i have currently moved to germany and need my 40,000 mile/ 60,000km service. i have been to a skoda/vw garage and they want to use long life oil in the service. prior all our services have been done in cardiff with white dove skoda every 12month/10,000 mile included in the warranty deal. i have read a few bit and bobs and pd engines keep cropping up and this might have an impact on which oil to use? this is important to me as oil out here is extremely expensive and with my parents visiting shortly they will bring with them the correct oil i need. also when does the Haldex clutch oil need changing, the service manual says every 30,000km/20,000 miles but my service manual state is never been done?

very grateful for any help provided

gareth edwards

correct oil is oil meeting VW 505.01

http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9014090&contentId=7027092

quote"VW cars fitted with PD diesel engines on fixed servicing (VW 505 01) must use the Castrol EDGE Turbo Diesel 5W-40 except models fitted with Diesel Particulate Filters which must use an oil meeting VW 507 00 – Castrol EDGE 5W-30 "

this is the oil i was told to use by motorline skoda in dartford as it is the oil they used

only thing is comes in 4 ltr containers and you need just over 4 ltrs for the oil change, cost from halfords £40 http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_164264_langId_-1_categoryId_165581

peter

As above. It's all on page 236 of your manual

And... there is no Haldex clutch fitted to the Roomster unless the OP has a one of a kind 4WD prototype.

does a roomster have a diesel particle filter?

gareth

To the best of my knowledge, no Roomy for the British market has a DPF.

The facelifted (diesel) models due later this year will have DPFs

HTH

Rob

To the best of my knowledge, no Roomy for the British market has a DPF.

The facelifted (diesel) models due later this year will have DPFs

HTH

Rob

Find that hard to believe - the Road tax would be sky high if they didn't have. This is why I bought a 1.6 petrol - DPF's can be a problem unless you regularly make trips involving longish runs above 60 mph. Various manufacturers have tried various ways of solving the problem but none of them work well enough in the long run. Blame the government, they are nuts about diesel soot even though we have all lived quite happily for the last 50 years without being harmed by diesels.

Find that hard to believe - the Road tax would be sky high if they didn't have. This is why I bought a 1.6 petrol - DPF's can be a problem unless you regularly make trips involving longish runs above 60 mph. Various manufacturers have tried various ways of solving the problem but none of them work well enough in the long run. Blame the government, they are nuts about diesel soot even though we have all lived quite happily for the last 50 years without being harmed by diesels.

I think that he's right, as far as I know the DPFs are not fitted onto the Roomies with the PD engine, though I think they are on some of the PD engined Fabias... hence their lower emmissions than the Roomies.

No DPF's have been fitted to 1.9 Roomsters.

The only one with a DPF on the current Fabia and Roomster is the 1.4 TDI PD 80 fitted to the greenline model non of the others in the UK have a DPF fitted. This will change with the 1.6 CR TDI's in the facelift which all feature DPF's. As far as DPF's go think they can be a problem depending upon the type of journeys done but like most things hopefully time will make them more reliable.

As far as oil goes the more expensive oil should potentially give an engine more protection over a greater number of miles. It depends on how long you intend to keep the car I suppose. I think that the clutch shares the brake fluid? Or from what I understand the two are in someways linked so surely if it is replaced every 2 years as per the guide it should be fine.