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Thread: had my oil analysed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Socceroo View Post
    What should i be paying for an oil filter? Supercheap said they have to order one in and quoted me $58!!

    Is it cheaper to buy it from the dealer?
    between $18-$30 depending on what engine you have. Should only use VW OEM or one of the OEM suppliers.

    Fuel Filter depends on what engine you have - it's all in your Service Handbook.

    I'm not quite sure what this has to do with oil analyis - plenty of service threads in the Skoda section that would be more relevant
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    Thanks for the advice. Local spare parts place has the filter for $18. I was surprised they had it in stock.

    I realise that its off topic but it was originally in the sticky thread and was moved here

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    Quote Originally Posted by brad View Post
    502.00 is technically fine for 15,000km (QG1) service intervals (it says so in my service manual).
    504.00 is actually for variable (QG0/QG2) 15,000-30,000km service intervals.

    Most people either can't or won't read the service manual & wrongly believe that they have to run 504.00 on 15,000km change cycles. My personal take on it is that for the extra $30, you may as well run 504.00 for the extra protection & then you don't have to worry about any of the "severe service" issues that are listed in the manual. But from a warranty point of view, you can run 502.00 on 15,000km intervals & all is fine.
    That is true, and given the choice, I would also use 504 oils because two things.

    Firstly, the VW 504.00/507.00 spec guarantees a level of performance not required for the VW 502.00/505.00 spec, and that it's difficult for the consumer to ascertain which 502 oils can perform as well as a 504 oil.

    Secondly, it appears that Euro 4 oils (e.g. 504 oils) are better at minimising valve deposits than Euro 3 oils (e.g. 502 oils), which is a key issue for direct injection engines (e.g. FSI, TSI, etc). I've noted that many product information sheets specifically highlight the oil's ability to minimise valve deposits.

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