Mike in Anchorage
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2009
- Location
- Anchorage, AK
- TDI
- 2016 Touareg Lux, 2015 Golf Sportwagen SE, new 4 Sept 2017;2009 VW Jetta TDI Sportwagen (Ruby) sold to VW on 22 SEP 2017
This came up in less than 10000 miles, the usual interval for my car. I read the manual and did not see anything about the warning making any difference to being able to start the car if the oil is not changed. During this oil change interval, I did make one long trip at highway speeds. Outside air temp was warm, by Alaska standards, but by no means extreme. A bit of dust from road construction here and there.
My question is about the algorithm to determine when to change oil. Turbo usage? Oil temp and time? Engine or vehicle speed? Engine loading percent over the long haul? Other?
If I do not get to having the oil changed within a somewhat short time, what risk do I take? Can the information be stored and later downloaded to say when the message appeared and when the maintenance was done?
I'm now at about 18700 miles. I can probably get it changed in the next 500 to 1000 miles. Is that reasonable? Yeah, I've been getting the countdown for about 500 miles or so.
TIA
My question is about the algorithm to determine when to change oil. Turbo usage? Oil temp and time? Engine or vehicle speed? Engine loading percent over the long haul? Other?
If I do not get to having the oil changed within a somewhat short time, what risk do I take? Can the information be stored and later downloaded to say when the message appeared and when the maintenance was done?
I'm now at about 18700 miles. I can probably get it changed in the next 500 to 1000 miles. Is that reasonable? Yeah, I've been getting the countdown for about 500 miles or so.
TIA