breaking news, customer gets his 2006 VW towed to shop because it will not start! Guess what the problem is considering the engine has less than 1 qt of oil in the pan! customer admitted he has no service records and can't even remember when the last oil change was done! OUCH!
I have seen that with a New Beetle Convertible with 1.8T, 17K miles, never serviced. Repair bill for that car was more than my last new car purchase
I guess we can assume the last service was in 2006, right? How many miles did he get on it?
Back in 1977/1978, I saw one engine (non-VW with pushrods) that went over
90K miles before its first oil change or tune up. That sludge inside was unbelievable, but after a thorough clean up inside the engine it was quiet and strong again.So what was the verdict Lost In Space? New engine or the owner traded it in to destroy another? I thought that with the newer synthetic oil and oil filters that it could last up to 24K miles or 2 years? At least in theory! ;-)
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