MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Toast on February 23, 2009, 08:59:25 pm

Title: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: Toast on February 23, 2009, 08:59:25 pm: Hey all got the car booked in for its second service this Sat at the garage now the car has just hit 13000mls and it 2years old next Tue 3rd march :drinking:!! (still no plaque :mad: :fighting:) What gets changed other than oil,fuel,filters? Sparkplugs??
The car is runing a Carbonio intake with the pipercross filter soon to be swapped with an Itg 1! I've told the garage not to fling it out as its an uprated filter! And as it has been remapped should I go for T+D oil change or Long life Bearing in mind the car does less than 9000mls a year!

Thanks in Advance Toast :happy2:
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: SteveP on February 23, 2009, 09:05:28 pm: I would go for T&D Service but with the higher spec longlife oil :happy2:
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: Top Cat on February 23, 2009, 09:06:57 pm: If you love your baby as much as i know you do then always go for the long life oil but on T+D intervals if you are only getting 9000 miles on the LL service intervals then all you are doing is paying more for your services. T+D on turbo cars is the correct option. :drinking:
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: Toast on February 23, 2009, 09:11:51 pm: Cool I'll phone them 2morro and get them to do T+D but with higher spec longlife oil :happy2:

Thanks guys

Toast
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: winrya on February 23, 2009, 09:19:57 pm: 2nd year time and distance is just oil, filter, pollen filter and they recommend brake fluid.
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: vwrascal on February 23, 2009, 09:41:51 pm: its your second service at 13,000 on LL? I was on LL (until today) and first service was at 14,000 miles! second service today and had oil change (LL shell vx oil), pollen filter, oil filter, air filter and brake fluid change- car is 2 1/2 years old and 23,000 miles
anyone know if theres a fuel filter and when it needs changing on GTI's? :confused: forgot to mention it when picked her up earlier :signIWS:
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: Toast on February 23, 2009, 09:58:45 pm: Yeah I think it is on LL so far! I thought the spark plugs may of got changed?! Is it worth me getting the plugs done even if they don't do it? With the car being mapped :confused:

Toast
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: Top Cat on February 23, 2009, 10:08:52 pm: Quote from: Toast on February 23, 2009, 09:58:45 pm
Yeah I think it is on LL so far! I thought the spark plugs may of got changed?! Is it worth me getting the plugs done even if they don't do it? With the car being mapped :confused:

Toast

I am no expert, in fact i havn't got a clue, but i would say at that mileage no.
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: vwrascal on February 23, 2009, 10:09:43 pm: i think technician said plugs every 40k or 60k?! Im sure someone will correct me, so you should be fine for a fair while, brake fluid every 2 yrs is recommended tho as winrya said
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: Toast on February 23, 2009, 10:11:04 pm: Ok dokey thanks for the info :happy2:

Toast
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: bacillus on February 23, 2009, 10:48:16 pm: yup, spark plugs at 40k but IMO better replaced after 20k if you're remapped.

As for fuel filter change, iirc should be done at 40k.
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: neg on February 23, 2009, 11:08:58 pm: Quote from: bacillus on February 23, 2009, 10:48:16 pm
yup, spark plugs at 40k but IMO better replaced after 20k if you're remapped.

As for fuel filter change, iirc should be done at 40k.

I agree - OEM plugs fine just swap more often.
Title: Re: Ed30 2nd service
Post by: illyun on February 23, 2009, 11:14:34 pm: Quote from: bacillus on February 23, 2009, 10:48:16 pm
yup, spark plugs at 40k but IMO better replaced after 20k if you're remapped.

As for fuel filter change, iirc should be done at 40k.

I had mine remapped at 24k miles and 1 year and 3 months old and then had the spark plugs changed at the next (3rd) service 3 months later at 28k miles. I do T+D and LL oil as recommended by TT :innocent: I had it serviced at 11k miles, then 22k and then 28k and will do it every 6-7k miles from now on as its running Stage 2+. Also had the DSG oil changed at 28k miles when the Quaife LSD was done.