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volkswagen has issued a service bulletin to all of their dealers about the correct motor oil to use in 2004 and up tdi engines notice that using the incorrect oil will void your new car warranty we ve seen reports of dealers charging $12.25 per quart-do the math an oil change at the dealers is going to lighten your wallet by $80 100 now there s an alternative-we carry german pentosynth tsblue label for all `04 and later tdi s and gasoline engines requiring vw 505.00 oil be sure to use the correct oil-pentosynth ts is a full synthetic while pentosynth is a semi-synthetic the pumpe-duse tdi s 04 and later must use a semi-synthetic conforming to vw standard 505.01 all other tdi s must use a full synthetic conforming to vw standard 505.00 carry a spare quart in your car so you don t end up stranded somewhere if you run low on oil pentosynth full syntheticgreen label all tdi s `96 03 sn#20018 6.95/qt pentosynth ts semi-syntheticblue label all tdi s `04 06 sn#20000 6.95/qt special tdi motor oil tdi o td i maintenance important please give copies to all your vw technicians technical bulletin group 17 number 03-01 date sept.17 2003 subject engine oil special requirement models all with 1.9l tdieng code bew 2004 condition the 1.9l tdi engine eng code bew requires and must always use special synthetic engine oil that expressly conforms to volkswagen oil standard 505.01 service the only engine oil which currently meets the standard is part no g 052 167 a2 a special 5w40 synthetic motor oil part no g 052 167 a2 is only available at authorized volkswagen and audi dealers all scheduled volkswagen services and topping off of engine oil between services require g 052 167 a2 engine oil only no other engine oil may be used in this engine unless it conforms to the volkswagen oil standard 505.01 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 whikle on the road engine damage caused by using the wrong engine oil will not be covered by the limited new vehicle warranty filter kits it has oil air fuel cabin filterif oneand oil plug gasket is it time people are getting so used to cars running 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 oil filter at least 2 times a year or at least every 5,000 miles 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 fuel filter every year or every 10,000 miles cabin air filter in dusty conditions or if you regularly drive on a dirt road every 3 months or normally every 6 months or every 10,000 miles `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 `98 03 beetle tdi includes cabin filter `99.5 03 golf/jetta tdi includes cabin filter sn#20029 2295 sn#20030 2995 sn#20031 3795 sn#20032 4195 sn#20033 5495 sn#20034 5995 sn#20035 6995 sn#20036 6995 p-13 front cover section ing n s war wner

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