Curt, The car had a sticker from some quick lube place. I would bet that the oil wasn't synthetic or anything close to the 507.00 spec. The "CHANGE OIL NOW" message came on 200 miles into the trip home to Oregon. Beetle juice will be getting top notch care from now on. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2014 Beetle TDI Convertible 15Kmi, Beetle Juice
Sent from my cell > On Jul 19, 2016, at 7:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I hadta Google it to see for myself. Looks like your engine is cross-flow > where the older TDI engines (at least from the '05 PD back) have intake and > exhaust on the same side. > Sidebar: At first I was thinking that cross-flow is kind of weird since you'd > have to pipe from the turbo to the intake but if you're already piping to the > front of the engine for an inter-cooler it kind of makes sense. > The oil filter on your car is just slightly more obscure than on my '05 Golf > TDI and thats only because of the intake on your car. My '98 Jetta has a can > oil filter thats a bear, its nearly horizontal pointed at the front of the > car just almost touching the fan shroud. Its got not more than 1/8" of > clearance when removed, glad I don't have to do it often. > It'd be interesting to know what oil your car had in it previous, VW > dealerships are notorious for not following VW standards. I'd think in 15k > miles there wouldn't really have been time for anything seriously bad to > happen... > -Curt > > From: Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Kevin Kraly <kevinpadd...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:25 PM > Subject: [MBZ] OT First Oil Change, 2014 VW Beetle TDI > > Hello listers. Today, I finally had the time and equipment to change the oil > in my Beetle TDI 15Kmi. I set up my topsider, took out the dipstick, and > pumped it up. It worked flawlessly! To get to the oil filter, I had to > remove the decorative engine cover which is held in place by a ball and > socket mount in each corner, I was greeted by an engine covered with wires > and hoses going every which way. So where’s the dang oil filter??? After > a few minutes of feeling around and a few more minutes on Google, I found an > informative post describing the exact location and the 32mm socket needed for > removal. Luckily, Dad gave me all his tools once he could no longer work on > cars, so I found the ratchet, socket, and the appropriate extension. It had > to be long enough for the ratchet to clear the cooling line just above the > filter housing. It broke loose easily, but I had to finish the last few > turns by hand since I needed clearance to remove the socket. I had to be > careful when removing the filter from the spring-loaded mechanism that holds > it onto the inside of the cap since the plastic teeth can break off. This > went off without a hitch. I then lubricated and inserted the provided filter > cap o-ring and mounted the new filter. The installation of the filter also > went well. The kit I bought came with a 5.0l jug of Ravenol 5w/30 full > synthetic motor oil that meets the VW 507.00 specification. I put in the > 4.3l (4.54qt of oil and fired it up. The engine sounded quieter and > smoother. I’m sure that the next one will take haf the time if I don’t > forget by the time I reach the 10Kmi interval. > > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR > 2014 VW Beetle TDI Convertible, 15Kmi, Beetlejuice > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
