decvalts Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Has anyone changed their oil service intervals above a certain mileage/age? I've heard owners of other cars doing this (i.e. switching to every 6 months/5000 miles instead of 1 year/10000) above say 100k miles. Is their any benefit to doing this with any of the Lupo engines, or is it just a waste of oil? I've switched to 5w40 as suggested in another thread (SDI), I see you can also get special "high mileage" oils. Just curious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 I do mine every 5000 ideally, but might stretch to 7.5k if the oil still 'looks' relativeky clean (diesel engine- oil always goes black). Always HD type (high detergent) oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahs Lupo Posted January 1, 2023 Report Share Posted January 1, 2023 On 12/29/2022 at 3:36 PM, decvalts said: Has anyone changed their oil service intervals above a certain mileage/age? I've heard owners of other cars doing this (i.e. switching to every 6 months/5000 miles instead of 1 year/10000) above say 100k miles. Is their any benefit to doing this with any of the Lupo engines, or is it just a waste of oil? I've switched to 5w40 as suggested in another thread (SDI), I see you can also get special "high mileage" oils. Just curious. Nope. I have the same grade of oil and just do my oil changed every year. I’m on 172k now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decvalts Posted January 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 On the subject of oil change intervals - is it possible to reset the interval reminders (OIL & INSP) somehow in VCDS or otherwise, *before* the warning reminders come on? Mine have got out of sync presumably from not being reset on time. (I assume the usual method of the button/ignition combo doesn't work unless the reminder is flashing...?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 I don't think you can with VCDS. At least I've tried and failed. @Skezza will know as he's the forum's OBD expert... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 I don't think you can reset to a specific value without actually changing the interval. You can use VCDS to reset the service interval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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