I have had my Fabia 1.9tdi Estate (55 plate)for 6 months now and since I do a lot of short journeys I thought about an oil change till I rang the Skoda garage and was quoted £95 for an oil and filter change :(

According to the service hand book the oil has been changed every 10K miles and was changed at 30095 by the dealer when I bought the car (they have serviced the car from new) the next service is 40K

I have read a lot of the threads about the correct type of oil to use but did not realise there were 2 different types of service interval.

Is the oil for a variable service interval different to a time/distance service which mine is set up for.

Since I do a lot of short trips it would probably pay to keep to the time/distance service intervals

The Fabia only supports fixed servicing (10k or annually) and s such you only need oil which meets the 505.1 spec. £95 for an oil and filter change sounds about par for the course.

Chris