Hey Folks, at $100 for an oil change it seems very likely that I will do it myself going forward. Couple of questions for the group:
1. Do you drain it or use an extractor pump? (If extractor, what brand/model?)
2. How often? (From what I have seen the interval is 10k)
TIA!
i alternate the method. the dealerships do the pump all the time so i think doing the pump is fine for a couple of implementations but i do drain it at least by the 4th or 5th. never past the 5th.
i do it at 5k. i feel its in my head because the oil looks fine at 10k as long as i use my oil. the dealership oil seems to change color quicker. hot sure why as they say they do use castrol and i also use castrol myself.
i think the oil changes are the easiest part of maintenance for this car. dsg and haldex is more involved. i dont have anything else break yet so i can say there is much to do.
the list of things i know we should be doing often at the minimum are:
oil
air filter
oil filter
dsg flush
haldex flush
spark plugs
coolant (this one most people dont do) this should be done pretty often as well
brake flush
the brakes flush and coolant should be at least by 20k miles. its a good habit to do and these cars seems to require it to be fresh or things kinda go south quickly from what i can tell.