Hi Folk,

 

just looking at the pinned post about service intervals etc, very handy information indeed, and noticed that it lists the air filter is recommended to be changed every 6 years or 55,923 mikes and the pollen filter every 2 years or a ridiculous number of miles....

 

Does anyone actually leave them in place for this "recommended " period of time as I personally replace mine every fixed service along with the oil and oil filter ... I've had the car 3 years now and for the sake of £12-£15 for both it seems crazy not to...

 

Admittedly when I remove the air filter it is remarkably clean looking and it does look as if it would easily last much longer, the pollen filter is harder to say as I buy the activated charcoal so it's hard to see how dirty it is, and I've toyed with the idea of doing it/them every second oil change but it only takes minutes to do both.

The Air Filter is Recommended or Scheduled or in the Guidelines as 40,000 miles / 4 years not 60,000 miles, 

But it is Location Location Location and you check each Major Service or sooner.

If you sit behind polluting Motherwell Taxis, Busses etc or Edinburgh / Glasgow ones, or drive in Quarries or Ford Rivers (check daily) you might change that Air Filter Annually.

 

Same with Pollen Filter, Where you drive, how filled up does the Pollen / Cabin Filter get.

If you drive through Wheat Fields or Oil Seed Rape Fields for work or leisure / pleasure, Picnics / Doging etc you might want to change or clean / vacuum the filter more often.

 

http://skoda.co.uk/finance-and-offers/service-and-maintenance/simply-fixed 

This means nothing, this is just a Dealership Money maker, they might not even look at a Air Filter each service or change them.

Parks of Hamilton have their own Servicing, that might include doing near nothing, provide nothing and yet charge 20% VAT on stuff never replaced, they might say Spark Plugs are a 60,000 mile interval thing while others check / change at 40,000 miles, or not check,

that sounds like a con to me.

Edited 10 September, 20187 yr by Offski

Probably 1-2 yrs - IF I remember (must check when I bought & fitted the last one!)

I do the pollen filter every year because 'Straya!

 

Air filter every 3-4 years  - 60,000km max

 

Fuel Filter every 60,000 - 75,000km (the fuel is reasonably clean where i live).

 

I'm better than the service book but not overly strict about it as the car gets older.

Maybe it's a review and replace for Air Filter. Must say I certainly don't leave for 40-60k. Pollen 1-2 years. Fuel filters early too. As mentioned by others in the past, the service regime more biased towards the fleet and not private owners. Some of these parts are not that expensive or difficult to replace. 

Hi Offski,

 

The largest part of my driving is on the M8 motorway in and out of work between Newarthill and Paisley and as I'm out the house before 6am and leaving work after 7 or 8pm I do miss the rush our traffic and rarely if ever get stuck in traffic jams which might explain why mines is so clean....

 

I bought the car in July 2015 from Arnold Clark and it had been given a "full service" including a new timing belt kit just prior to being traded in by the mast owner yet at the next service I changed the pollen filter and if was disgusting, I don't think it had been looked at since it had left the factory and that's despite several receipts in the owners folders for services since new so it's quite obvious the check/replace pollen filter part of most garage service menus mean it is never looked at.... The car had lost its original service book and has a replacement so the check list receipts just list check/replace and not specifically that it's been replaced.

 

I was going to replace the fuel filter for its last service 2 weeks ago but I was buying everything from GSF and I couldn't find out which one of the 3 filters listed was for my car was correct, I know it's the UFI filter, but the website gave no information on which was which so next service I'll pick one up from ECP.

Go into Local Motor Factors, Dingbro or ones that have experienced counter staff.

http://livingstonautoparts.co.uk 

 

Full Main Dealer Service History just means there should be a history of what maybe never was done to the Manufactures Guidelines, 

they do not like  to use the word 'Schedule'.

Why do so many get km & miles confused, even VW Group and Approved Repairers let alone vehicle owners?