So my wife had her serpentine belt let go on her 2015 Passat TDI w/153k miles when she left for work. She said it sounded like heavy rain (belt strands flopping around) and had no power...she thinks. We flat bed it to a local dealer. They said there was "much metal in the oil pan" $13,632 for a new long block That was their diagnosis after charging us $1058 to look into it. I went in to see for myself. They brought out the oil pan and I saw NO metal (which would look like simmering particles in the oil). After thinking about it, we paid to have the car towed home. I immediately looked to see if they pulled the oil filter, they did not, I pulled it and there were NO metal pieces, none in the oil pan they never re-mounted to the car, when we asked for the car back they still wanted to charge us $1058 for diagnosis. All they did was pull the oil pan/pick up, and removed the timing belt covers, they said it was 7 hours labor, I said I could do that drunk, with an eye patch and one hand in 2 hours including jacking up the car. My wife talked to the manager after I had doubts about the "totaled" diagnosis and he said if I can drive it back in, he would refund all our money, including the charge to tow it back to our house.
Therefore, replaced the oil pan, serpentine belt, put in a new filter and used cheap Walmart 5w-30 SuperTech synthetic oil for gas engines because I had it on hand and if the engine was truly totaled why put in expensive oil??
Anyway, we got all our money back, plus towing fees. I have driven the car about 150 miles so far, drives just as good as it ever has, and I feel they were just trying to fool my wife into getting a new engine or buying a new car.
Should I change the oil back to a diesel specific oil? That's the question.
Therefore, replaced the oil pan, serpentine belt, put in a new filter and used cheap Walmart 5w-30 SuperTech synthetic oil for gas engines because I had it on hand and if the engine was truly totaled why put in expensive oil??
Anyway, we got all our money back, plus towing fees. I have driven the car about 150 miles so far, drives just as good as it ever has, and I feel they were just trying to fool my wife into getting a new engine or buying a new car.
Should I change the oil back to a diesel specific oil? That's the question.