delste
Veteran Member
Good point about the dealers using the wrong oil. And don't you think that VW would have thought of that. And do you really believe in light of the mistakes that can be made by dealers and independent service centers and by owners themselves that VW would make an engine that could be so easily damaged. I can't believe that they would and if they did they would already be experiencing big reliability problems. I think all of you are blowing this out of proportion. Yes use the oil proscribed by VW, but if a mistake is made once as in BobH's case or you happen to top up with the wrong oil don't expect a disaster to happen.With the VW stealerships continuing to make this MIX-UP, I think we should be talking about it here. Some dealers have no idea what oil specs are for the new PD!
If these dire consequesces were to occur under these circumstances, VW would have pulled the PD engine long ago.