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I will pull a sample at 4500 and see what happens. Originally Posted By: Radiation_Joe 10k miles is not an unusual interval for an oil change on the current TDI diesels. There is certainly something else going on here. The VW TDIs don't perform forced regens of the the particulate filters so an...

Originally Posted By: gathermewool Originally Posted By: JMarshall What does anyone think of the plan of pulling a sample through the dipstick tube @ 4500 miles and seeing how it looks then? I'd say just drain it, obtaining a sample midway through. If money is an issue, then do a couple of...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint 10K OCI is too long, forget the owners manual, cut the interval in half and see how thing pan out. Just out of curiosity do you have an OLM? If so how long before it triggers an OCI? It doesn't have oil life sensors like say a GM product. It has a service...

What does anyone think of the plan of pulling a sample through the dipstick tube @ 4500 miles and seeing how it looks then?

Originally Posted By: rhhsiao Part of the problem may be a combination of your driving habits and the use of a biodiesel blend. There are definitely lots of instances where the use of biodiesel in the TDI increases the likelihood of fuel dilution of the motor oil. Fuel dilution is also a strong...

Originally Posted By: ls1mike What is cheaper? An engine or a couple of extra oil changes a year. I would not go 10K. Definitely the oil. If I'm sitting on a ticking time bomb though, I want to trade it in before [censored] hits the fan. Originally Posted By: simple_gifts I don't know squat...

I would say that my driving is 70% city, if you can call my area city, running Castrol LL03, no fuel additives, and B5 fuel. I am also a fairly heavy footed driver. Also, the high numbers on the last 2 UOAs is cause the car was brand new. They were run on samples at 10K miles and 20K miles

Latest UOA for my 2.0 CR Jetta TDI. Thoughts?