Rotarei
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Yo I just bought a 2013 VW Jetta TDi Sportwagen with 31,000 miles for $8,900.
I absolutely LOVE this car. My first ever VW. I have always been a Honda guy. This is my first diesel also, and it's a 6 speed manual transmission.
I just changed the oil, using Castro Professional 5w-30 full synthetic 507 compliant, 6 quarts from Amazon for like $70. I also bought a 5 liter jug of Liqui Moly 5w-30 Top Tec 4200 Longlife III, also 507 compliant.
I went to the VW dealer for the oil and fuel filters.
Don't have a scan tool for it yet, so was just gonna saturate the fuel filter and fill the housing with clean diesel as best as I can
Background: ASE Certified Master Technician with L1 for over 15 years, currently working on cars, trucks, diesels, and heavy equipment.
Just looking for a bit of advice. Ok to change the fuel filter without the scan tool? 5w-30 only, regardless of the season? Castrol vs Liqui Moly? 10k oil change intervals or sooner? I bought Power Service Diesel Kleen +Cetane Boost. Any preferred fuel additives? Any benefit to using Lucas additives in the crank case or transmission? Probably will clean the MAF soon.
Any tips or guidance would be appreciated, I'm fairly competent to do everything myself. But seasoned VW veterans might have important advice I could use.
Thanks!
Also, any filters preferred over stock?
I absolutely LOVE this car. My first ever VW. I have always been a Honda guy. This is my first diesel also, and it's a 6 speed manual transmission.
I just changed the oil, using Castro Professional 5w-30 full synthetic 507 compliant, 6 quarts from Amazon for like $70. I also bought a 5 liter jug of Liqui Moly 5w-30 Top Tec 4200 Longlife III, also 507 compliant.
I went to the VW dealer for the oil and fuel filters.
Don't have a scan tool for it yet, so was just gonna saturate the fuel filter and fill the housing with clean diesel as best as I can
Background: ASE Certified Master Technician with L1 for over 15 years, currently working on cars, trucks, diesels, and heavy equipment.
Just looking for a bit of advice. Ok to change the fuel filter without the scan tool? 5w-30 only, regardless of the season? Castrol vs Liqui Moly? 10k oil change intervals or sooner? I bought Power Service Diesel Kleen +Cetane Boost. Any preferred fuel additives? Any benefit to using Lucas additives in the crank case or transmission? Probably will clean the MAF soon.
Any tips or guidance would be appreciated, I'm fairly competent to do everything myself. But seasoned VW veterans might have important advice I could use.
Thanks!
Also, any filters preferred over stock?