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From: Tim Downie on 26 Jun 2007 10:37
I took my 2.0 140 PS TDi VW to my local garage for a 20,000 mile service
(which is pretty basic).

When I got it back I noticed the the fuel consumption seemed pretty high.
I'd recently had two new front tyres so I checked the pressure and found
that they were a little low. I topped them up but the fuel consumption
continued to be almost 5 mpg off the original consuption figures.

When I checked the receipt I noticed that they'd used 15W/40 oil (which was
suspiciously cheap at 5:06 +VAT a litre)that they've since assured me is
suitable for my engine. As a "goodwill" gesture, they've agreed to change
the oil for the proper stuff from VW and the filter. VW dont' specify a
viscosity in their car manuals but the spec has to be VW 507 00, VW 505 01.

Obviously my trust in the garage has taken a bit of a knock but without
demanding to see the cans of oil that they use, I'm not in a position to
question whether the oil they put in was suitable or not. I'm more inclined
to beileve that it wasn't and that's why theyve agreed to change the oil and
filter again at their expense.

Anyway, at the end of the day, is it likely to have done any damage to the
engine given that the PD engine is so fussy about its oil spec? I've driven
about 400 miles with the "wrong" oil.

Tim


From: asahartz on 26 Jun 2007 11:25
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:18 +0100, "Tim Downie"
<timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


>
>When I checked the receipt I noticed that they'd used 15W/40 oil (which was
>suspiciously cheap at 5:06 +VAT a litre)

How the hell is that cheap? �25 a gallon?

Jeez, I get 5 litres for a fiver in Asda ! ;-)
--
asahartz woz ere
From: Adrian on 26 Jun 2007 11:30
asahartz (asahartz(a)hotMEATPIEmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

>>When I checked the receipt I noticed that they'd used 15W/40 oil
>>(which was suspiciously cheap at 5:06 +VAT a litre)

> How the hell is that cheap? �25 a gallon?
>
> Jeez, I get 5 litres for a fiver in Asda ! ;-)

There's cheap, and there's inexpensive.
From: JB on 26 Jun 2007 11:34

"asahartz" <asahartz(a)hotMEATPIEmail.com> wrote in message
news:3pb283tjc9oh1ddpg2sfvr0dvqe2cm3ebg(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:18 +0100, "Tim Downie"
> <timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>When I checked the receipt I noticed that they'd used 15W/40 oil (which
>>was
>>suspiciously cheap at 5:06 +VAT a litre)
>
> How the hell is that cheap? �25 a gallon?

If it was the correct VW 505.01 oil it would have been very cheap indeed.
>
> Jeez, I get 5 litres for a fiver in Asda ! ;-)

Yeah, oil of such quality I wouldn't use it as chain lubricant.

JB


From: Brian on 26 Jun 2007 13:00

"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5ecmkoF383slsU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> I took my 2.0 140 PS TDi VW to my local garage for a 20,000 mile service
> (which is pretty basic).
>
> When I got it back I noticed the the fuel consumption seemed pretty high.
> I'd recently had two new front tyres so I checked the pressure and found
> that they were a little low. I topped them up but the fuel consumption
> continued to be almost 5 mpg off the original consuption figures.
>
> When I checked the receipt I noticed that they'd used 15W/40 oil (which
was
> suspiciously cheap at 5:06 +VAT a litre)that they've since assured me is
> suitable for my engine. As a "goodwill" gesture, they've agreed to change
> the oil for the proper stuff from VW and the filter. VW dont' specify a
> viscosity in their car manuals but the spec has to be VW 507 00, VW 505
01.
>
> Obviously my trust in the garage has taken a bit of a knock but without
> demanding to see the cans of oil that they use, I'm not in a position to
> question whether the oil they put in was suitable or not. I'm more
inclined
> to beileve that it wasn't and that's why theyve agreed to change the oil
and
> filter again at their expense.
>
> Anyway, at the end of the day, is it likely to have done any damage to the
> engine given that the PD engine is so fussy about its oil spec? I've
driven
> about 400 miles with the "wrong" oil.
>
> Tim
>

I find it hard to believe that this oil could make that much difference to
the economy. It will not affect the engine in that short time either. The
only way an oil can give better economy is with a lower viscosity rating,
which most fully synth oils will give. 15/40 sounds like a semi-synth oil.
Be interesting to see if the economy improves with the oil change. They
might have done something else while servicing.


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