CherryVimto
Well-known member
I need a little practical advice here...
I own a 2003 VW Golf with a PD100 ATD engine.
I had it serviced at a local garage earlier in the year and they did a 'longlife' service on it... oil, filters etc.
The car recently failed the MOT due to an oil leak which I have found and rectified. The MOT failure had an advisory for low oil.
I used the owners handbook and looked on the internet to find and buy the correct oil for the car... 5W40 fully synthetic to VW 505-01.
Before I was going to top up the oil I check the invoice for the service the local garage did and it states they used 10W40 SEMI synthetic oil, which as we can see isn't the oil I bought and am now unable to top up the oil.
Everything I have read online states that the VWs fitted with the PD engines MUST use the correct grade of oil due to the high loads and friction on one of the cam lobes that operates a very high pressure fuel pump.
I contacted VW this morning and they have confirmed that the oil for my car is indeed 5W40 fully synthetic and they said that the 10W40 oil should only be used in cars that are a LOT older than mine.
So, should I contact the garage that did the last service and complain about them using the wrong oil? The issue is that I can only drive the car in a few days time when taking it directly to an MOT station for a test again... and I have very limited funds to buy some 10W40 oil to top it up... which i don't want to do as it's the wrong type!
Advice welcome...
I own a 2003 VW Golf with a PD100 ATD engine.
I had it serviced at a local garage earlier in the year and they did a 'longlife' service on it... oil, filters etc.
The car recently failed the MOT due to an oil leak which I have found and rectified. The MOT failure had an advisory for low oil.
I used the owners handbook and looked on the internet to find and buy the correct oil for the car... 5W40 fully synthetic to VW 505-01.
Before I was going to top up the oil I check the invoice for the service the local garage did and it states they used 10W40 SEMI synthetic oil, which as we can see isn't the oil I bought and am now unable to top up the oil.
Everything I have read online states that the VWs fitted with the PD engines MUST use the correct grade of oil due to the high loads and friction on one of the cam lobes that operates a very high pressure fuel pump.
I contacted VW this morning and they have confirmed that the oil for my car is indeed 5W40 fully synthetic and they said that the 10W40 oil should only be used in cars that are a LOT older than mine.
So, should I contact the garage that did the last service and complain about them using the wrong oil? The issue is that I can only drive the car in a few days time when taking it directly to an MOT station for a test again... and I have very limited funds to buy some 10W40 oil to top it up... which i don't want to do as it's the wrong type!
Advice welcome...