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Title: Is long life servicing a bad long term idea for the gti?!
Post by: marty600 on 06 July 2013, 17:00

Hiya all,


As per my other post about engine flushing:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=256507.0


Is long life servicing a bad long term idea for the gti?!

Ie the old oil Ganges up the engine over time:
Dull performance
Poor mpg etc


Or should one simply just ask for engine flush when the car is next serviced?!
(is regular engine flushing bad?!)

Hope you can advise!  :smiley:


Cheers
Martin

Title: Re: Is long life servicing a bad long term idea for the gti?!
Post by: itavaltalainen on 07 July 2013, 11:03

just change your oil every 10k miles or once a year (whatever is earlier) and it will thank you for it. then you won't need an engine flush.

VW will also not use any engine flush stuff - not allowed by them.

Title: Re: Is long life servicing a bad long term idea for the gti?!
Post by: gazareth on 07 July 2013, 13:20

engine flushes are a bad idea unless you plan on takes the sump of straight after to clean all the muck out.