pianist4Him
26-09-2010, 10:11 PM
hello everyone,
I'm a really new member of VW community, hence first thing I'd like to greet you all and say nice to be part of such lovely community.
I recentely bought a VW Passat registered in Sept. 04 the 1.9 TDI, 130 HorsePower engine with tiptronic transmission - unfortunately only 5 speeds layers at that time.
First, I'd like to inform that I'm a really newbie in diesel engines and much more in VW. I'm looking for from first steps guidance in best practices on how to maintain in the best conditions a car like mine and more an 1.9 TDI engine. Any information would be helpful, no matter how natural or simple it may look to you guys, it's definitely going to be helpful to me and much appreciated.
Things like: how often the cambelt has to be changed - (mine for instance has it changed at 44,000 miles already), when would be the best to change this one again - at 88,000 miles?
What shampoos are you using to wash the car - what's best practices for this model and brand car? Are you guys using any shampoos on the market which has was added as well? Do you prepare the cars for winter - taking it to a VW dealer to have it waxed it underneath?
What about the longlife oil changing frequency? For instance, according to the car manual, they recommend to use only VW 506 01 standard Oil, or equivalent. I'm looking for this type of oil for more than 3 months, I couldn't find it. I was able to find the 505 - but this for no longlife oil engines.
Do you guys do the exchange of the oil by yourself, or you take the car into a VW service to do that. How do you know what type of oil has been placed in your engine at the exchange? I'd like to be able to do the oil exchange by myself. Is the Service going to cost me less if I tell them that the oil is changed and I'd like for them not to change it again? What about the filters used, I assume you need some keys set to change the filters, correct? What other consumable filters require changing?
I've seen the in manual that they talk about - don't use any other oil for your engine if your car has an Unit Injector, how do I know what my engine has? Could you guys explain what is the difference between the cars that have an unit injector and other who don't have or have more than one?
As you guys can see, I'm really really blank and complete 0 at this type of car - I used to have a really different project engine in petrol - from probably 1965 as project - and I learnt that pretty well - sound, maintenance and others, but I'm completely new to VW - much more now a diesel one.
Thank you all for your replies. This is highly appreciated. :)
Regards, pianist4Him.
I'm a really new member of VW community, hence first thing I'd like to greet you all and say nice to be part of such lovely community.
I recentely bought a VW Passat registered in Sept. 04 the 1.9 TDI, 130 HorsePower engine with tiptronic transmission - unfortunately only 5 speeds layers at that time.
First, I'd like to inform that I'm a really newbie in diesel engines and much more in VW. I'm looking for from first steps guidance in best practices on how to maintain in the best conditions a car like mine and more an 1.9 TDI engine. Any information would be helpful, no matter how natural or simple it may look to you guys, it's definitely going to be helpful to me and much appreciated.
Things like: how often the cambelt has to be changed - (mine for instance has it changed at 44,000 miles already), when would be the best to change this one again - at 88,000 miles?
What shampoos are you using to wash the car - what's best practices for this model and brand car? Are you guys using any shampoos on the market which has was added as well? Do you prepare the cars for winter - taking it to a VW dealer to have it waxed it underneath?
What about the longlife oil changing frequency? For instance, according to the car manual, they recommend to use only VW 506 01 standard Oil, or equivalent. I'm looking for this type of oil for more than 3 months, I couldn't find it. I was able to find the 505 - but this for no longlife oil engines.
Do you guys do the exchange of the oil by yourself, or you take the car into a VW service to do that. How do you know what type of oil has been placed in your engine at the exchange? I'd like to be able to do the oil exchange by myself. Is the Service going to cost me less if I tell them that the oil is changed and I'd like for them not to change it again? What about the filters used, I assume you need some keys set to change the filters, correct? What other consumable filters require changing?
I've seen the in manual that they talk about - don't use any other oil for your engine if your car has an Unit Injector, how do I know what my engine has? Could you guys explain what is the difference between the cars that have an unit injector and other who don't have or have more than one?
As you guys can see, I'm really really blank and complete 0 at this type of car - I used to have a really different project engine in petrol - from probably 1965 as project - and I learnt that pretty well - sound, maintenance and others, but I'm completely new to VW - much more now a diesel one.
Thank you all for your replies. This is highly appreciated. :)
Regards, pianist4Him.