Premium diesel in fairly old engine?

Mr.Generous

I had a Vectra 2.2dti with variable service intervals, it never reached anywhere close to the claimed 30k - and even with long life oil I wouldn't let it get to 20k without an oil and filter change.

maxmycardagain

Older type diesels will run on chip fat, cooking oil at wholesalers can be £1/ltr

Dont try it in a HDI/CR/Common rail tho

maxmycardagain

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

But there is nothing in that post that comes anywhere close to the 40k miles that you referred to earlier.
"up to 30,000 miles is a lot different to saying that "Skoda say 40k"

Read my post again

I related what the dealer said.... :money:

motorguy

maxmycardagain wrote: »

ring and ask

they call it "variable" ... i call it nuts

Skoda almost refused to do it at 15,000

No mission it ever makes it to 40,000.

My Golf 1.6TDI would have got to 18,000 or so miles, although i got it done every 10,000

motorguy

maxmycardagain wrote: »

Read my post again

I related what the dealer said.... :money:

So not what Skoda says? Just what a service desk agent at your local dealer might have (wrongly) said to you?

And the post you put talks about "could be up to" - you said "Skoda say 40K".

maxmycardagain

motorguy wrote: »

So not what Skoda says? Just what a service desk agent at your local dealer might have (wrongly) said to you?

As i said... I rang Skoda.......a dealership

I dont expect to have to double check what a dealer says with Skoda HQ

Thanks

maxmycardagain

Its called variable because the car has oil condition sensors

motorguy

maxmycardagain wrote: »

As i said... I rang Skoda.......a dealership

I dont expect to have to double check what a dealer says with Skoda HQ

Thanks

No. They're a franchise. Just a business that has a franchise with Skoda to sell their cars.

You've been talking to a Service Desk Agent - an employee of the franchise NOT of Skoda UK - probably on close to minimum wage.

You could just admit you're wrong here you know - you did say that Skoda had told you that the car needed serviced every 40K miles, and now thats been whittled down to some service agent in a franchise somewhere might have told you it even though the information you posted from Skoda UKs website totally contradicted it.

motorguy

maxmycardagain wrote: »

Its called variable because the car has oil condition sensors

Uh huh. And its never making it to 40K or anywhere near it because those oil condition sensors will acknowledge the fact that the oil will have needed changed.

I'd be surprised - and shocked and horrified frankly - if the condition sensors took a diesel car beyond 20K miles.

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I pop in a full bottle of Redex to every tank full of diesel in my 207 HDI. :cool: