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special tdi motor oil tdi maintenance important parts that are common to multiple cars volkswagen has issued a service bulplease give copies to all letin to all of their dealers about the correct motor oil to use in 2004 and your vw technicians up tdi engines notice that using the incorrect oil will void your new subject engine oil special requirement group 17 car warranty we ve seen reports of dealers charging $12.25 per quart models all with 1.9l tdieng code bew 2004 number 03-01 do the math an oil change at the date sept.17 2003 dealer is going to lighten your wallet by $80 100 g condition in s now there s an alternative german arn r the 1.9l tdi engine eng code bew requires and must always use special synthetic engine pentosynth tsblue label for all `04 w owne oil that expressly conforms to volkswagen oil standard 505.01 and later tdi s and gasoline engines tdi requiring vw 505.00 oil be sure to use the correct oil-pentosynth ts is service a full synthetic while pentosynth is the only engine oil which currently meets the standard is part no g 052 a semi-synthetic the pumpe-duse 167 a2 a special 5w40 synthetic motor oil tdi s 04 and later must use a semisynthetic conforming to vw standard part no g 052 167 a2 is only available at authorized volkswagen and 505.01 all other tdi s must use a full audi dealers synthetic conforming to vw standard 505.00 carry a spare quart in your car all scheduled volkswagen services and topping off of engine oil so you don t end up stranded somebetween services require g 052 167 a2 engine oil only where if you run low on oil we have heard stories of vw denying engine no other engine oil may be used in this engine unless it conforms to the warranty claims after an oil analysis volkswagen oil standard 505.01 finds even a trace of the wrong oil pentosynth full syntheticgreen label all tdi s `96 03 7.95/qt #sn20218 pentosynth ts semi-syntheticblue label all tdi s `04 06 #sn20000 7.95/qt it is recommended that the customer always carry a spare quart/liter of g 052 167 a2 in case the engine oil needs topping off while on the road engine damage caused by using the wrong engine oil will not be covered by the limited new vehicle warranty would you believe vw will void your warranty if you don t have purple anti-freeze read on technical bulletin oil air fuel cabin filterif it has one and filter kits oil plug gasket purple anti-freeze ning forever with nozero maintainance some people are giving them zero maintainance not good zero maintenance may be good enough for your new flat screen tv but believe it or not there is no such thing as a zero maintenance car change your filter even if you only do it once a year make today the day change them all today your oil filter has to be changed more often than once a year but your other filters could maybe on average live with once a year in general here are some rules of thumb is it time people are getting so used to cars run premium pentosin antifreeze volkswagen specifies phosphate silicate-free antifreeze in all their vehicles most national brand antifreeze does not meet vw s specifications german pentosin antifreeze exceeds all of volkswagen s requirements and is neutral to metals rubber parts and sealing materials mix 50/50 with distilled water for best results this purple used to be red=purple for all vws 1997 to 2007 #sn18726 1395 miles oil filter at least 2 times a year or at least every 5,000 oil same as above air filter in city driving or dusty conditions every 5,000 miles or at least once a year and every 10,000 miles vw spec fuel filter every year or every 10,000 miles cabin air filter in dusty conditions or if you regularly drive on a dirt road `77 84 rabbit/jetta/pickup/vanagon diesel `85 88 golf/jetta disel turbo diesel `89 92 jetta diesel turbo diesel not eco diesel `90 92 jetta eco diesel `96 97 passat tdi includes cabin filter `97 99.5 jetta tdi includes cabin filter `99.5 03 beetle tdi includes cabin filter `99.5 03 golf/jetta tdi includes cabin filter `05.5 07 jetta tdi includes cabin filter every 3 months or normally every 6 months or every 10,000 miles #sn20029 .2295 #sn20030 .2995 #sn20031 .3795 #sn20032 .4195 #sn20033 .5495 #sn20034 .5995 #sn20035 .6995 #sn20035 .6995 #sn20867 .7495 1.5 liter bottle blue coolant not purple do not mix pre-1997 #sn18727 1295 lifetime coolant blue coolant if your car is before 1997 then you need www.partsplaceinc.com 248-373-2300 t-13

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