1.8T Oil - Warranty

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Rocco) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@t47g2000hsc.googlegroups.com :

Mobil's UK Web site shows their "5W-30" meeting VW 502.00,

their Polish site shows "5W-40"

while the US Web site only mentions the "0W-40".

I guess you'll have to look at the barrel they pumped it out of.

Be careful Web searching, since sometimes they show it as "502.00" and sometimes as "502 00".

If done by an authorized VW dealer, then by definition it is the correct oil. Just make 100% sure you keep your reciepts for *all* oil changes!

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Well that works well for what is covered under the warranty, but if damage is not apparent until after the extended warranty is up the OP is still stuck.

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Joseph Meehan) wrote in news:47547380$0$2376$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

But if the failure occurs after the extended warranty is up, the owner is "screwed" regardless of what kind of maintenance was performed.

That's why the warranty has an expiration period; they're not going to cover you forever.

I wouldn't count on VWOA stranding by their dealers. There are still VW dealers that will fill that engine with conventional oil.

Google is your friend:. Look here:

I think the only Mobil 1 available in the US that meets VW 502 is 0w40 European

By law they must.

It is either that or you must do all your own oil changes, buying the approved oil yourself, and doing the work yourself. In that case you know 100% that the right oil is in there.

The dealer used Mobil 5/30 -- FP Number 98HR05. I didn't get a hit on Google, Yahoo, or Copernic for Mobil 98HR05. The VW tech bulletin (copyright 2006) only shows Mobil Syst S ESP as meeting 502 00.

Is this worth checking into with the dealer? In all my visits to the old-dealer, I never had the impression that the service rep knew what he was doing with respect to the sludge/warranty/approved oil issue. I'm not so much concerning whether Mobil is good -- that's more or less understood. I'm concerned about maintaining the warranty in effect.

My gut reaction is to call the new dealer and ask exactly what it put in and how it justified use of the product unless it's the Mobil Syst S ESP or unless the dealer has a Tech bulletin and what it used is on the list.

The bottom line is that I don't know 100% that the right oil was used. I never got that impression with the old dealer either unless I checked.

That sounds like good advice. I know for a fact that as of a couple years ago one local dealership was using conventional 10W30 for everyone.

nate

We still have 1.8t owners who don't want to use synthetic in their engines. Go figure. Our repair orders have "customer requests synthetic oil" or "customer requests regular oil" printed on the repair order.

What law is that?

As I'm sure you know, not all 1.8T engines require synthetic. The transverse-mounted ones do just fine on conventional oil.

What law is that?

My new Passat 2.0T requires 502 spec. The only 502 spec Mobil Oil I could find here (Atlanta) was 0W40. The only other 502 Spec oil I fouind was Castrol Syntec 5W40. I change my own oil (too many cars to have someone else do it), and will continue to do so since this whole conversation about dealers not complying scares me some.

Has anyone talked to VW of North America to report these dealers. I have contacts there (I work for Porsche) and would willingly gather data you have, verify it, and involve the people that can do something about it.

Let me know,