After some clarifications...

 

I have a 2017 1.4 L&K it’s on 12.5k and indicates that it’s next oil service is in something like 400 days and another 3500-4000 miles. 

 

My Dad has a 2017 1.2 Dsg SE L, it’s on 8.5k and indicates it’s oil service is due in 400 miles! 

 

Am I correct in thinking my car is on long life intervals and his is on a fixed interval?

Can he request to have it changed to Long life?

 

Thanks. 

It certainly looks like it.  Variable service interval is best when you do decent mileage, so not short journeys, not low annual mileage etc. And with the TSi engine it will also mean having to use longlife engine oil (VW spec 504 00/507 00).  The diesel already has to use this regardless of service interval.

4 hours ago, weasley said:

It certainly looks like it.  Variable service interval is best when you do decent mileage, so not short journeys, not low annual mileage etc. And with the TSi engine it will also mean having to use longlife engine oil (VW spec 504 00/507 00).  The diesel already has to use this regardless of service interval.

 

Thanks! Does he need to get it serviced or can he just ask the dealer to change it to Long life intervals?

Yes, he can, but be aware it will effectively reset to zero, not to where he is now in terms of time or mileage.

Given that it needs a service soon, get it done and ask for the long life interval.  If it currently has regular oil in it it shouldn’t do the extended service interval.

Not sure that is correct.

Mine was delivered on fixed service despite my specifying variable. 

It was about 4K miles before I had a chance to pass the dealer again. They reset to variable whilst I waited. Only took a few minutes and service is now given in the maxidot at around 18.6k miles which is identical to those on the previous two Yetis I have had.

42 minutes ago, kenfowler3966 said:

Not sure that is correct.

Mine was delivered on fixed service despite my specifying variable. 

It was about 4K miles before I had a chance to pass the dealer again. They reset to variable whilst I waited. Only took a few minutes and service is now given in the maxidot at around 18.6k miles which is identical to those on the previous two Yetis I have had.

 

Yes, confirming what I said !  Service is due in about 22.6k (4 + 18.6) miles.....

and you don’t say how many days it’s showing....

HAS TO RESET to ‘zero’.... how else can the computer do anything else.

Thanks. I'll suggest he gets it serviced and has it changed at the same time. 

8 hours ago, graham47 said:

 

Yes, confirming what I said !  Service is due in about 22.6k (4 + 18.6) miles.....

and you don’t say how many days it’s showing....

HAS TO RESET to ‘zero’.... how else can the computer do anything else.

Well they can't have done it right. Just checked my car, which was changed to variable from fixed at around 4k miles.

 

Maxidot says oil change due in 9600 miles. Car has now done 8900 miles so spot on to the expected 18600 miles that seems to be normal on variable servicing. It also gives a time for the service due in 532 days, but I don't really know what that means as I always service when the oil change comes around.That is also spot on to where it should be for a car delivered new on 1st July 2017, if it is normally at 2 year maximum on variable after reset following service or initial delivery..

 

Does this actually mean I only need an oil change at 18.6k miles and the service could be done at 2 years, contrary to Skoda UK normal practice where it routinely gets a service when taken in for an oil change. 

Looks like I’m wrong then.  My apologies.

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I had the same problem, my yeti is on a 2 year lease, I asked for variable servicing when I took out the lease, however at 9000 miles I had a service warning, I was almost 11 months into the lease. When I called into the Skoda dealership (not suppling dealer) they checked the system and it said I should be on flexible servicing but he thought that because my lease was 8k miles per annum fixed servicing was set up at the PDI. Anyhow I went back to the supplying dealer and explained that I am likely to be doing in excess of 10k miles per annum and VW recommemd variable for that kind of mileage, they then went and reset the servicing to variable which is not due until 18.5k miles or 345 days.

What kind of price are people on here paying for the first variable service at approx 17-18k miles?, Skoda website only quotes for fixed servicing

 

I tend to buy a car and own for many years (trying not to be distracted by the new Karoq!) so I always request fixed servicing for longevity. With modern engines clean oil is really important:-

• Skoda diesels have very powerful engines that hammer the oil and DPF regens pollute the oil with diesel fuel which is not a good lubricant
• Likewise the petrols are powerful but small engines with a high pressure direct injection fuel pump and cam chains/oil fed tensioners 

In addition with long life servicing things like brakes are replaced much earlier to ensure they will still be OK at the next servce many moons away.

 

 

If I did buy a car on PCH or by PCP to change after 2-3 years then I'd leave at fixed servicing

All true, but this is all taken into account when setting the oil drain intervals and particularly the oil specification required to achieve it.

8 hours ago, weasley said:

All true, but this is all taken into account when setting the oil drain intervals and particularly the oil specification required to achieve it.

 

Possibly, but I feel the long life service intervals are set to keep the fleet market happy.  I've also seen the state of the oil on my Superb II tsi after 9k miles  - starting to look dark! I wouldn't like it to get to 20k miles before a change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colour of oil is no indication of its performance or quality.  In fact, in a diesel, an oil that goes dark quickly can be a good thing, as it means the oil is carrying and dispersed the soot of combustion rather than it being.... somewhere else where it shouldn’t be.  In a petrol engine the same is true to a lesser extent, especially on direct injection petrol engines which tend to produce more soot than IDI and carbs used to (hence the looming spectacle of the gasoline particulate filter).  I have seen countless used oil analyses from long oil drain intervals that have been perfectly fine (based on numerous factors such as viscosity, measured  soot content, TAN, TBN, oxidation ect).

 

Long service intervals are certainly a nod towards reduced lower cost of ownership, but they don’t just extend the interval and pray it works, they set appropriate specifications for the serviceable items, like the oil.

Edited 21 January, 20188 yr by weasley