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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Adam T7 on 21 April 2021, 07:31
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When do folk recommend changing the filter and oil in terms of age and/or mileage.
I’ve only done 10k and the car is nearly 30 months old from new.
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When the service interval tells you?
The car will tell you when an oil change is needed, should be on an annual cycle if you are doing low mileage.
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Car will tell me based on VW’s algorithm. Having had a Discovery that had a BorgWarner 7 speed Auto box (different tech I know) that was ‘Sealed for Life’ and never appeared in the Service interval, yet BorgWarner recommended 100k mile oil and filter change I was interested in folks real life experiences?
Lots of Discovery’s were having issues at about 125k with auto boxes due to lack of maintenance.
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Car will tell me based on VW’s algorithm. Having had a Discovery that had a BorgWarner 7 speed Auto box (different tech I know) that was ‘Sealed for Life’ and never appeared in the Service interval, yet BorgWarner recommended 100k mile oil and filter change I was interested in folks real life experiences?
Lots of Discovery’s were having issues at about 125k with auto boxes due to lack of maintenance.
That's interesting. I think when problems start appearing at that kind of mileage, it's a toss up as to whether something is a serviceable item or not
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I might be wrong so please correct me if so but Its 40k for 6 speed and 80k for 7speed box :huh:
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According to the internet:
After the synthetic/mineral debacle some VAG dealers took the view that the dry clutch 7-speed DSG needed an oil change every 40,000 miles, but the official Volkswagen line is that they don't. The 6-speed wet clutch DSG is a maintenance box and does need fresh oil and filter every 40,000 miles
So DSG6, definitely change the oil, DSG7.... probably a good idea to change the oil.
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Car will tell me based on VW’s algorithm. Having had a Discovery that had a BorgWarner 7 speed Auto box (different tech I know) that was ‘Sealed for Life’ and never appeared in the Service interval, yet BorgWarner recommended 100k mile oil and filter change I was interested in folks real life experiences?
Lots of Discovery’s were having issues at about 125k with auto boxes due to lack of maintenance.
That's interesting. I think when problems start appearing at that kind of mileage, it's a toss up as to whether something is a serviceable item or not
In the world of Land Rovers, 125k is "delivery mileage" :laugh:
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I've copied this from the TPS website regarding servicing of all DSG boxes.
Service intervals:
The table below gives an overview of these gearboxes and their service intervals:
Gearbox type Gears Service interval Fluid*
DQ200 0CW 7-speed No service interval G 055512A2
DQ250 0D9 6-speed 40,000 miles - Fluid and filter G 052182A2
DQ381 0GC 7-speed 80,000 miles - Fluid only G 055529A2
DQ400** 0DD 6-speed 40,000 miles - Fluid only G 052182A2
DQ500 0DL 7-speed 40,000 miles - Fluid only G 052182A2
DQ500 0BH 7-speed 40,000 miles - Fluid only G 052182A2
DL382 - 7-speed 40,000 miles - Fluid only G 055529A2
DL501 - 7-speed 40,000 miles - Fluid and filter G 052529A2
All of my DSG boxed cars have had a 40K mile interval (not years).
AFAIK all of the wet-clutch DSG boxes have a 40k interval (both 6 & 7 speed).
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Does that TSB list the recommended service intervals for the manual box VAQ diff??
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In the world of Land Rovers, 125k is "delivery mileage" :laugh:
In the world of Land Rover, electronics are the service items :wink: :grin:
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Every car has issues, but it’s the corner cutting and poor quality components on what is supposed to be a premium brand that drove me away from JLR. I always wanted a GTI, so it made sense on many levels to swap over. Build quality on my GTI is so much better than on my Discovery 4.
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Hard to say what truly is a "premium" brand though these days. All of the ones you'd consider to be are trading on their past (even if their past isn't actually as good as people remember...)
Probably the best made cars are from brands you'd not consider premium at all - Hyundai and Honda for example.