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Offline pitch3110

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Long Life Service
« on: February 19, 2009, 09:41:10 pm »
Picked my Mar '07 Ed30 up on Monday with 23k on the clock.

Service book shows service at 14,700 & LL oil.

Called the dealer, who checked VW UK data & he has confirmed the car is on LL service & it will shout when the next is needed.

Could you chaps confirm when generally the next would come up & also can I check on the car when it may be due.

My A4 has a button & reading to confirm this.

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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2009, 09:45:17 pm »
Don't think there's a button but the display will definitely tell you when it needs servicing. Mine was on LL when I bought it (used) and about two months ago it came up with "service in 1000 miles or 21days" or something similar.

Can't remember the service intervals but someone else will tell you.
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2009, 09:45:37 pm »
The car will tell you when it next wants a service, its dependent on how it has been driven.
It is recommended to take it off LL service and put it on T&D for turbo cars, but to still use the long life oil.
Its a expensive car and 14000 miles is a long way to go on the same oil no matter how good the quality of it is.  :smiley:
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2009, 09:48:32 pm »
you can check the time to next service by putting key in ignition and pressing and holding down the trip button iirc
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2009, 09:51:22 pm »
182_blue is right you can definetly check how long is left, ive done it before
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2009, 09:52:54 pm »
Quote from: v2brett on February 19, 2009, 09:51:22 pm
182_blue is right you can definetly check how long is left, ive done it before

yeh  have done it, but just not sure on exact process
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2009, 09:54:06 pm »
cheers chaps I will give that ago in the morning.

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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2009, 09:56:51 pm »
Yeah the instrument panel will tell you when it needs a service.

The Caddy vans at work typically need a service every 14k on the longlife schedule, thats a mix of town use, and ragging it, I believe.

My car was changed to time & distance before I got it, thank god!  I once saw a thread where a guy stripped down 2 engines, 1 serviced every 3000 miles, one serviced every 10000 miles.  The 3k interval engine was mint, but the 10k engine had a lot of scoring and wearing from the particles in the oil.  From that day on I realised the importance of regular oil changes.  No car should run oil for more than a year, manufacturers want their engines to blow up, I swear!
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2009, 09:59:32 pm »
oh dear, just read the thread- my car is on LL and last service 14,000ish, Im now on 23,000miles!!!   :scared:
better get her booked in for service and change to T&D    :smiley:
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2009, 10:01:34 pm »
Quote from: vwrascal on February 19, 2009, 09:59:32 pm
oh dear, just read the thread- my car is on LL and last service 14,000ish, Im now on 23,000miles!!!   :scared:
better get her booked in for service and change to T&D    :smiley:

The thing is as well we all love our GTI's much more than your average driver, so its always best to look after our loved ones.  :love: :love: :love:
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2009, 10:52:16 pm »
Mines in for its 2nd service next Sat and will be getting the T+D oil change :innocent: Don't want her getting Abused  :love: So the Map will be turned of and switch hidden :driver:


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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2009, 11:40:15 pm »
Check service remaining - in car, door shut, ignition on and then press and hold the trip reset, the trip will zero but if you continue to hold the service info appears and then your trip comes back too!

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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2009, 08:14:26 am »
Bl*#dy forum does it again................................

Cheers chaps, done as advised this morning & it has indeed told me how far the next one is away.

Many thanks for the assistance once again  :happy2:
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2009, 08:19:33 pm »
Quote from: pitch3110 on February 20, 2009, 08:14:26 am
Bl*#dy forum does it again................................

Cheers chaps, done as advised this morning & it has indeed told me how far the next one is away.

Many thanks for the assistance once again  :happy2:

I agree there pitch, everydays a school day on here! booked my beast in for a service, air filter change, pollen filter change and brake fluid change today. getting her switched to T&D too  :happy2: 
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Re: Long Life Service
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2009, 08:25:14 pm »
Quote from: vwrascal on February 20, 2009, 08:19:33 pm
Quote from: pitch3110 on February 20, 2009, 08:14:26 am
Bl*#dy forum does it again................................

Cheers chaps, done as advised this morning & it has indeed told me how far the next one is away.

Many thanks for the assistance once again  :happy2:

I agree there pitch, everydays a school day on here! booked my beast in for a service, air filter change, pollen filter change and brake fluid change today. getting her switched to T&D too  :happy2: 

Make sure they still use the LL oil. I seem to remember thats all they stock now but just check to be sure.  :wink:
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