pastvast
Well-known member
My husband and I are seeking your opinions regarding when the oil on our '03 Jetta should get changed. I say every 10K miles, he says every 5K miles- and both of us cite what we've read on this forum. So... which is it??
The Jetta gets ~2K miles on it per month. 75% of the miles are on the highway. I'm not a drive it like you stole it driver.
My husband has read on this forum that it's much better to change the oil every 5K miles because doing so is cheap insurance and some folks have had bad things happen when they waited until the recommended 10K miles. While I've got no problem with the concept of cheap insurance, I do have a problem with paying for things that don't need doing!! In my opinion, we pay for the premium oil so that we can go 10K miles (which is even the VW approved interval). And besides, I've read the posts of some of this site's TDI gurus state that oil gets changed every 10K miles.
TDI gurus... help solve this mechanical and marital dilemma.
Thanks all!!
The Jetta gets ~2K miles on it per month. 75% of the miles are on the highway. I'm not a drive it like you stole it driver.
My husband has read on this forum that it's much better to change the oil every 5K miles because doing so is cheap insurance and some folks have had bad things happen when they waited until the recommended 10K miles. While I've got no problem with the concept of cheap insurance, I do have a problem with paying for things that don't need doing!! In my opinion, we pay for the premium oil so that we can go 10K miles (which is even the VW approved interval). And besides, I've read the posts of some of this site's TDI gurus state that oil gets changed every 10K miles.
TDI gurus... help solve this mechanical and marital dilemma.
Thanks all!!