I bought my 2017 car less than 2 month ago and a full service had been done with timing belt and all filters replaced.

 

The last 10 days I've started getting an "inspection date" countdown on startup, it now say inspection due in 9 days. What is an inspection rather than a service? It suggests NCT/MOT. Was it just not rest by the garage or does it mean something else?

 

I had the key in the other night without the car started and the orange oil light came on and stayed on for the 10 minutes I was in the car. Today on startup it was gone. Any idea what that means?

 

Edited 11 August, 20232 yr by boardtc

 Hello, 1 - It seems that the service interval counter was not reset when the 'full service' was carried out - take it back and ask them to reset it correctly.

            2 - That is normal, there is no oil pressure until the engine is running.

Edited 11 August, 20232 yr by Warrior193
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Is there a separate oil level and oil pressure light on these. There was on the mk2. Yellow was oil level.

On 12/08/2023 at 01:14, Warrior193 said:

 take it back and ask them to reset it correctly.

 

Also worth to check the invoice for what oil they used so you can check they reset the oil interval correctly too.

 

If I remember right 504 is normal life oil (oil reset time is 365 days).

507 is long life oil with a variable service interval which should be reset to 730 days.

 

Depends how often you want to change the oil but I've used variable service interval from the beginning & am at 250km without issues on my TDI 184 although I do high yearly mileage ~35k km

 

1 minute ago, Gabbo said:

 

Also worth to check the invoice for what oil they used so you can check they reset the oil interval correctly too.

 

If I remember right 504 is normal life oil (oil reset time is 365 days).

507 is long life oil with a variable service interval which should be reset to 730 days.

 

Depends how often you want to change the oil but I've used variable service interval from the beginning & am at 250km without issues on my TDI 184 although I do high yearly mileage ~35k km

 

To apply variable service regime if car is set to fixed interval,  requires a configuration change with a suitable diagnostics machine. Also, if it is set to variable already, you can not reset it without a suitable diagnostic machine. Variable regime is not 730 days only. It is up to 2 years with an oil quality algorithm that reduces from there. I would always recommend sticking to 12months / 10k for all cars. But sone engines,  it is especially important.  

On 12/08/2023 at 11:10, TheClient said:

Is there a separate oil level and oil pressure light on these. There was on the mk2. Yellow was oil level.

Good to know thanks, orange for the pressure so.

The garage I bought it off sent me this. Does it mean you don't need a diagnostics tool to reset?

Edited 22 August, 20232 yr by boardtc