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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / February 2008Can I determine when Passat needs servicing?
We have a Volkswagen Passat 2.o litre sport (petrol, 2002) which has done a little over 80,000 miles. It was purchased recently used and a family member paid for it to be serviced, although a friend of his took it to the garage. We have no record of this, so don't know who serviced it, if they did, or what they did. From what I I have read of the manual, it appears the car tells you when it needs a service. Is this true? Is it reliable? How does it work? I assume after it is serviced this information should be updated in a computer. Is there any way to determine when this was last done? I doubt this was serviced at a VW dealer, so would anyone outside of VW be able to do this? Given it was supposed to be serviced very recently, we don't wish to waste money on a service if it does not need it. But with no proof it was serviced, I would like to know if the car 'thinks' it was serviced recently. I dont know if the cam belt has ever been replaced. At what mileage would that be advisable? > We have a Volkswagen Passat 2.o litre sport (petrol, 2002) which has done > a little over 80,000 miles. It was purchased recently used and a family [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I dont know if the cam belt has ever been replaced. At what mileage would > that be advisable? Why not just get in touch with the garage that your family friend took it to? The service indicator is based on mileage (every 10k) or variable servicing which is based on the condition of the oil and type of driving. Both methods will notify you on the dashboard but can easily be cancelled. I think the manual tells you how to cancel the service message Personally for the cost of an oil change I'd just get it done and since you've no idea when the cambelt was done, you'd better get it done now as it's past due. I thiknk VW have revised cambelt change intervals down to 60k >> We have a Volkswagen Passat 2.o litre sport (petrol, 2002) which has done >> a little over 80,000 miles. It was purchased recently used and a family [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Why not just get in touch with the garage that your family friend took it > to? I was taken by someone else on his behalf, and for reasons I dont know, he cant recall where. (I know this sounds silly, but it is what I am led to believe). > The service indicator is based on mileage (every 10k) or variable servicing > which is based on the condition of the oil and type of driving. Both methods > will notify you on the dashboard but can easily be cancelled. I think the > manual tells you how to cancel the service message OK, thanks for that. The fact the message can be cancelled is of course useful to know. > Personally for the cost of an oil change I'd just get it done and since > you've no idea when the cambelt was done, you'd better get it done now as > it's past due. I thiknk VW have revised cambelt change intervals down to 60k In that case, I think it will deserve a full service. > We have a Volkswagen Passat 2.o litre sport (petrol, 2002) which has done > a little over 80,000 miles. It was purchased recently used and a family [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I dont know if the cam belt has ever been replaced. At what mileage would > that be advisable? If was done by a VW dealer, all the info will be on the VW computer. Phone your dealer and they should be able to tell what was done. Baz >> We have a Volkswagen Passat 2.o litre sport (petrol, 2002) which has done >> a little over 80,000 miles. It was purchased recently used and a family [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Baz Thanks for that. I'm not sure where it was done, but I doubt at VW. But I guess there is no harm in asking. On 21-Feb-08 10:16:41, Dave said >I dont know if the cam belt has ever been replaced. At what mileage >would that be advisable? People have said to me an inspection at 60k and a change at 80k, but apparently it maybe more frequent now. I would get somebody to look at it as soon as you can, with the expectation you'll need to change it. And find out if the usual new water pump etc applies. All the best, Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM) I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html > People have said to me an inspection at 60k and a change at 80k, but > apparently it maybe more frequent now. I would get somebody to look at it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga > Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html OK, so it needs changing unless we can determine it has been done. What is the issue with the water pump? I'm just about to order a haynes manual on it (is that the best choice?) I dont intend doing any major work myself now, but it is useful to have one around. > OK, so it needs changing unless we can determine it has been done. What is > the issue with the water pump? I'm just about to order a haynes manual on > it (is that the best choice?) I dont intend doing any major work myself > now, but it is useful to have one around. Depending on the engine, some were fitted with water pumps with plastic impellors. These can crack and then spin on the input shaft which means no coolant circulation and an overheating engine. Since it's driven from the cambelt you may as well change it if the belt gets done as it'll save quite a bit of cost against doing it separately. >> OK, so it needs changing unless we can determine it has been done. What is >> the issue with the water pump? I'm just about to order a haynes manual on [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cambelt you may as well change it if the belt gets done as it'll save quite > a bit of cost against doing it separately. Also, for the cost of a pump, if it's dome 60-80k miles then it will be at least partly worn, and it takes very little extra labour (as stated above) to change it. As it is driven by the timing belt you don't want it to fail and break/strip the belt. >>> OK, so it needs changing unless we can determine it has been done. >>> What is the issue with the water pump? I'm just about to order a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > above) to change it. As it is driven by the timing belt you don't want > it to fail and break/strip the belt. Thanks, we will probably get that replaced then. VW wanted an extra 90 pounds to replace the water pump at the same time as the cambelt, but i think we will not use VW for the service. Their preices seem a bit excessive. |
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