Oil change?

it's on bottom of car by pan you need a special tool to drain housing to access filter and you need to remove a lower engine cover see pics. Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.

Hi. I have a new 2010 VW Jetta TDi (Diesel). The owner's manual states that I only need to perform an oil change (using synthetic oil) once every 10K miles. The mechanic claims that I need to do it ever 5K miles. Obviously the salesman was pitching me on it being a low maintenance car and the mechanic is trying to err on the side of more oil changes the better (both for his pocket and the car longevity). But, since its synthetic oil, do I really need to change the oil on a traditional 5K schedule or is the manufacturer's recommendation sound?

The 2009 and beyond tdi maintenance schedule is 10,000 miles between oil changes for normal driving. If driving especially hard or towing not anymore frequent than every 7500. The frequency for light(all highway) driving is 20,000 miles. Changing oil more frequently than it needs to be will actually damage engine by running additional detergents through it that are in the oil and not building up any soot in oil which actually causes less resistance.

I viewed your video on doing an oil change for a 2005-2010 jetta on youtube and was wondering if since i have a wolfsburg edition is the process any different?

not really, the process is all but the same for all models, just make sure that you replace the sump plug seal, and all seals as supplied with the filter, check your owners manual for correct oil and quantity as well.

I got this car 2 years ago and used to take it to a big retail place for oil change. Later I took it to another smaller place and from that time on (I still go to the same place) My car runs out of oil. No smoking, No leaking but my alarm came on and I checked and pretty much I'm out of oil. This is the second round this has happened. I'm confused what it might be? Is it possible that the oil is not of a good type and it evaporates (just a thought)? and Also how can I fix this problem? - Let me say this too, The first time they were changing my oil in the new place, the kid in front of me said turn on the car while the oil was drained and I followed what I was told, then I heard yelling from beneath to turn it off (Kind of not usual) and the kid told me to turn it off quickly. After this event this problem happened.

Hi there,

The oil will not be evaporating. You will be burning small quantities which will be hard to notice, I would be interested to know what engine oil you are using. The fact that you had the engine running while the oil was draining is not a good thing to happen, but i feel that this is more an oil type issue rather than a mechanical issue.

Mark (mhpautos)

I don't know, I'll check and let you guys know, if they tell me. (It was Mr.Lube I went to)

My 22-year-old daughter owns a 2000 VW Jetta, with a gasoline-powered engine. She's had the oil changed a couple of times at a "quick-lube" type place where the oil change cost was in the $30-$40 range, but a couple of times she's been told the cost would be $80-90. Most recently, when she was told the cost would be $80 for a simple oil change, she asked why and was told it was the type of car. She said "no thanks" and left. So my question: is there some reason that an oil change on a Jetta would be so expensive?

That is hard to say. I don't see any manufacturer making the oil filter that hard to get to. The only thing I can think of is that it uses a cartridge type filter which would mean that the oil filter case gets re-used and the element is changed out. It takes a little more time to clean the housing, but it is still not that bad. It could possibly have synthetic oil in it, but I doubt that. I would ask them how much time it takes to do the job.
This is the same shop giving her different prices? Time to move on to a boetter place. If you can find a Mobil oil change center that is a really good place to go. You really should take their mainteneance advice to as $100 in maintenance saves $1000 in repairs.

"I don't see any manufacturer making the oil filter that hard to get to"
you obviously dont know v dubs.
what kind of engine? 1.8t oil filter is a bi*ch to get at.
yes all vw's use synthetic oil.

That is why I asked how many labor hours it takes to complete the job.
Certainly if they come OEM with synthetic, that must be concinuted and would justify the cost. Mobil 1 is about $7-8 a quart through a shop while other brands are more. An OEM filter must be used as well. That is something that would add to the cost.
If it is a turbo model synthetic oil is very important. You might wanbt to spend the extra money on getting AMSOIL or another of the Top Nothch synthetics. Mobil 1 will not steer you wrong, but AMSOIL is hard to beat when it has been in the "Ball bearing"wear test against competitor's.

The short answer is the reason for the higher cost was due to the oil price. I have seen this a number of times when a facility is changing to full synthetic. Basically there is more margin in full synthetic.

Here is a video that will help for VWs and oil changes:

https://youtu.be/_Ls4M8TXtJo

You are correct that the oil filter on the turbo engine is not easy to get to but it is not going to double or triple the price of an oil change. However, the different type of oil will.

When the oil was changed for $30.00 to $40.00. I am sure they were using conventional oil even if the OEM calls for synthetic because if you search for the part number of the oil (VW 502 00) you will pull up kits that include filters and they are not any cheaper then $70.00 and that is just the oil and filter.

Hopefully this helps. Thanks