WHEN SHOULD MY CAR BE SERVICED ,IN THE BOOK IT HAD A SERVICE AT 17,000MILE THERE NO FURTHER INFO AND IT HAS 34,000MILES ON THE CLOCK?

CHEERS

MARK:eek:

If 17k was the first service then it is set up to run on variable servicing (long life, fully synthetic oil) so it can do up to 20k before it needs servicing again.

Either way the car will tell you when its due. (all explained in the handbook)

My first service on variable interval was about 19K.

Had the second one done today at 42K (£450!)

The reminder flashes up in the maxidot (1000 miles to next service, etc).

Keep it topped up with the right oil.

It depends on how it's driven, number of engine starts etc.

Get 20 quids worth of oil and air filter from GSF and some oil, this depends on a leap of faith, some say it needs VAG spec oil, personally I say it needs fully synthetic oil regardless of brand, I use VX 5/30, 7k on and theres no engine noises, hang the FSH, when you trade in imagine the 400 pre service you saved over the last 4 service intervals and still have 1600 in your pocket plus the 2k the dealers will offer you for the car in PX soon.

How do you get the dealer's stamp in the service history?

How do you turn off the maxidot warning.

When I sell it (OK it wont b worth much) but at least I'll be able to quote 'Full Skoda Serevice History' in the ad. It's arguable what this is worth - but I'd like to be able to do it.

I'm not sure the extended warranty companies will want to touch a self-serviced vehicle either.

As it's a substitute company vehicle I need peace of mind. For that I need to pay.

Your best bet is to get it serviced by a good independent VAG garage, this will have very little if any difference on the price you get when you decide to sell.

I personally believe that the FSSH (or any other dealer FSH, come to that) is purely salesman hype, when you part exchange / sell your car they will say its not worth any more, yet when they are selling a car they will try and screw you for a premium.

If you really want the Skoda service stamp then you have no choice but to pay through the nose for it.

You need either VAG-COM or a dealer to reset the service indicator when they are on variable servicing, doing it by the dash button (as in your handbook) will revert it back on to fixed servicing.

I agree totally with the above, but you absolutely must use oil to the correct VAG specification. I would also keep the oil receipts - this is what I have done with my 130 PS PD because the taxi driver who wants to buy it is savvy enough to know that PD engines must have the right oil. He's not getting it yet though.

rotodiesel.

MANY THANKS LADS FOR THE INFORMATION

My main problem is I have brought my Superb 100 edition 1.9 TDI 130PS

from a car supermaket the service book said it needs a service at 27,000mile

and it has 34,000mile and there record of this being carried out,do I give it a service

and fill with long life oil or standard oil.

Mark

If in doubt, give it a service. I use Fuchs oil to 507.00 (which is long-life oil for the PD engines) and change it annually - I don't need a computer to tell me when to change the oil. If you manually reset the service indicator it will revert to fixed intervals. I just ignore the whole thing and reset it when it flags up.

Oil is cheap and the labour is the same whatever you put in. Unless you suck the oil out, a service on a Superb is a real pain due to the undertray. I suspect most cars don't get serviced properly as a result.

GSF sell Fuchs 507.00 oil but you can get it cheaper if you shop around on the Internet. My last lot was £33 for 4 litres, delivered.

rotodiesel.

GSF sell Fuchs 507.00 oil but you can get it cheaper if you shop around on the Internet. My last lot was £33 for 4 litres, delivered.

rotodiesel.

Wow, that was a good deal. So, I presume the Skoda dealers never actually drain the sump? That's bad news.

I'm not going to make any generalised comments about VAG dealers and oil changes - it's not fair. I have not been impresssed by the quality of their work that I have had occasion to check though, that's why I do my own.

rotodiesel.

Fair enough, but it's common sense that sucking the oil out for an oil change means that the gunk in the bottom of the sump never gets drained off. That is bad new in my book. Unfortunately, I can't stand working on cars (I do all my own motorcycle work instead, much more interesting for me!) so I have the cars serviced at a Skoda dealership.