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• VW Touran 1.4 TSI 2008 (ANA) - 7speed - dsg oil change 23 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  clutch. Dry clutches do not need a change and wet clutches. The manual is Japanese to me literally as i live in Japan ;o)  and the dealer is as much use as a chocolate tea pot.  Does any1 know how to tell if the DSG require a oil change or not? VIN number/engine number etc/gear box
• Am I neglecting my car? 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Today is my car's annual £25 oil and filter change. Other than this I never EVER do any other maintenace on my car. I only cover around 6k miles a year. I see garages offering "full" services for anything around £60-£100 but this seems to me little more than the oil and filter change plus a brake
• Mazda MX6 2.5l V6 1995 - Ford Formula F 5w30 oil ok for Mazda Mx-6 2.5l V6? 9 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Original oil for this car was API SG in either 5W30 or 10W30. It's increasingly difficult to avoid 'upgrading' to fully synthetic oils, so last oil change I chose Castrol Magnatec 5w30. Now Castrol are recommending the even more expensive Castrol Edge 5w30 and the usual consensus
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift - vectra 2.2 diesel oil filter housing 29 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  i am trying to change the oil filter but cannot undo the housing! is it a normal right hand thread?
• Any oil offers on? 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  The Two-leak-doh (Boom boom) is due up an oil change. Are Halfords having one of their offers at the moment? (Or anywhere for that matter) Last time I read about it on here you wouldn't have known it was on offer in the shop...
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - 2.0 TDCi -- Oil Service message. 22 May 2013 (Forum)
  I've had the "oil service" message come up on the information display when turning the key. No other warning lights, oil level is fine. Never needed to top up. Rang the supplying Ford main dealer (very helpful on this matter) and they told me it's a known problem. The fix is an oil & filter change
• 2003 Skoda 1.9TDi Major oil leak 5 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Recently purchased above for wife as she was concerned about realiability of 236K 405 Warranty work done at cost to supplier of £511. Last oil change at 31K, now on 36342. Last night oil light came on, to signify complete loss of oil. Undertray in position and undamaged. Garage unable
• Magnets for oil filters 18 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Has anyone tried fitting these magnets onto oil filters and then cut the can open at an oil change and seen any startling benefits? I mean these plastic coated high intensity magnets that wrap round the oil filter can and are claimed to trap all the ferrous swarf, rather like the magnetic drain
• VW Polo - oil & filter 27 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  A neighbour has just bought a 2001 Y reg 1.0 litre polo and I offered to do an oil & filter change as they need to drive it away tomorrow AM and the oil is in a poor state. Can anyone confirm that the oil filter is located in the N/S wing and if the sump plug is a straightforward socket job
• 1996 Rover 420SLDI - What g/box oil 11 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi,I am planning on changing the clutch in my 1996 Rover 420SLDI as it is slipping (125,000mls),is there anything I should be aware of before I start? Can someone tell me what type of oil goes in the manual gearbox please? Haynes says consult your dealer,which is helpfull.Thanks Andrew... -- I do
• To Slick 50 or not to Slick 50!? 12 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I'm just about to service my 2002 Vectra which I got around a month ago. It has 37K on the clock and my question is this. Is it advantageous to add Slick 50 oil treatment when I fill up with Synthetic oil or will the oil give just as good protection? Also, I'll be changing the cam-belt/rollers
• lack of power in citroen bx diesel 30 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I'm experiencing a lack of power in my Citroen BX 1.7 diesel, (1990, 170,000 miles). On the flat it moves along ok with a maximum speed of 55-60mph, but when I hit even small hills it struggles at 35-40mph. I've just changed the air and oil filter and the oil, and it's just had a new cam belt
• BMW - Manufacturers taking note ? 1 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Interestingly, BMW in the USA have changed the recommended oil change intervals, no idea if they're doing so for other markets. The oil change is going to 10k miles. http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=868293 Undoubtedly, they'd deny it had anything to do
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 05 1.6 TDCi engine oil level increasing 2 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hi. I got 2005 Ford Focus MK2 1.6 TDCI,98000 miles done. Yesterday I checked the engine oil and it is 2 inches above recommended level.The oil service was done one week ago.It's been happening since I bought the car.At 88000 miles oi was also changed and oil level was also above recommended level
• Service not done when told it would be 5 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  as part of the deal. The salesman kept banging on that as part of there 100 point check everything was changed bar the oil and oil filter, which he said he will get them to do. I asked him severel times what he thought was a full service, and he kept on blabbing on that it would be done. I said that i
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace 2ltre hdi - engine oil 29 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  what engine oil will best suit my 04 belingo. Iv'e had it from new. It's now done 85thou miles and has been well looked after. I have just started doing my own oil and filter changes.  
• Volvo 850 TDI Gearbox oil 6 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Does anyone know wht the best way is to change the gearbox oil in the above car. I had alook when i serviced it for the level plug and couldn't find it, anyone know where it is? Also is ther a drain plug? and if not how do you get the oil out? Thanks Rubberdubber
• Saxo oil pressure sender,not switch. 20 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  A friend of mine wants to change from using an oil pressure switch,which controls a warning light,to using an oil pressure sender,which will control an electrical gauge,on his Saxo VTR autograss car. Has anyone on here done it,and if so,where is it possible to buy said sender?
• VW Passat 2008 Estate 1.9 - DIY Oil Change + Used Car Warranty 22 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  with a complimentary one year full used Toyota warranty, which touch-wood has not had to be used yet. However as the car has a turbo and I want to look after it, I would like to do my own oil change which I have done on other cars in the past. Would this technically (or otherwise) invalidate said warranty? I am
• Fumoto oil drain valve with poor pics.. 15 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Well it looked a nice day today, and not blowing a gale as it usually is when i decide to perform an interim oil change. So oil change done, and at the same time i fitted the Fumoto quick drain valve which i bought last year. Hopefully this will make future oil changes much easier, as the normal