Longlife Oil change mileage
06-20-2017, 12:54 AM
#1
AudiWorld Junior Member
Thread Starter
Longlife Oil change mileage
Can anyone help me please just had my C7 2.0tdi Oil service and asked for the garage to do a Long Life Oil change, I was expecting to see the MMI service mileage for my next Oil Change to be in the 18k area but it shows 9300 miles to my next oil change, I asked the garage who thought the Mechanic had reset the MMI to the normal service interval so they proceeded to use VCDS to change my cars service to Long life, but it will not reset the Oil change mileage from 9300 miles it changes the "Next service" mileage to 18000 but the oil is reset every time to 9300 miles.
Is this correct ??
or are they doing it wrong in VCDS.
any advice would be gratefully received.
Is this correct ??
or are they doing it wrong in VCDS.
any advice would be gratefully received.
06-20-2017, 02:50 AM
#2
AudiWorld Super User
Live, what country are you writing from?
06-20-2017, 06:00 AM
#4
AudiWorld Super User
There is a different screen for Long Life oil/change. Do you know for certain your car is coded for Long Life? What's the longest distance you've seen for the oil change on this car? Do you know for certain they've used a LongLife oil?
06-20-2017, 02:46 PM
#5
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Thread Starter
I have no idea if the car is coded for long life as its my first oil change since buying the car, how do I get the car coded for long life, my garage have used long life they tell me. the longest distance I have seen form oil change is 9300 miles
06-20-2017, 03:55 PM
#6
AudiWorld Super User
There is something on the PR code sticker that shows if the car is setup for fixed interval or the LongLife interval. I'll have to search for that info...don't recall it off the top of my head.
Do you automatically assume all cars sold in the UK are on LongLife interval?
Do you automatically assume all cars sold in the UK are on LongLife interval?
06-20-2017, 04:08 PM
#7
AudiWorld Super User
This is the reset screen I was mentioning in VCDS:
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06-20-2017, 04:19 PM
#8
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VWROC forum:
Long life service is up to 18700 mls and 2 years, and a minimum of 9300 mls or 1 year. It's split into two parts - oil and inspection.
The oil change part will monitor driving style, and journeys taken ie short journeys not letting it warm up etc. If you drive it hard, and do short journeys, you're never going to reach 18700 mls before the service light comes on as the oil will have degraded. If you drive 100 miles a day, down a motorway, you will.
The inspection part is different. This is fixed at 18700mls or 2 yrs, no matter if you're on fixed servicing or flexible.
The indicators are set at PDI, so if you have a car that was in dealer stock for a few months, the countdown has already started - most of the time it relates to registration date, however, like I've just mentioned, sometimes it doesnt
if you're on long life, but only reach 13-14k in say 18 months, before the oil service due flashed up, you have two choices - have the oil & inspection done early, or just the oil and return at 18700mls for the inspection. I always give the customer the choice, as some people just like to have it all done at once to save returning. This will then reset the inspection part for another 2yrs from that date, NOT when the car is 4 yrs old.
The reason its 18700 mls is because this is 30000 kms
Any questions just ask, as an Audi Tech, I get asked alot about it!
The oil change part will monitor driving style, and journeys taken ie short journeys not letting it warm up etc. If you drive it hard, and do short journeys, you're never going to reach 18700 mls before the service light comes on as the oil will have degraded. If you drive 100 miles a day, down a motorway, you will.
The inspection part is different. This is fixed at 18700mls or 2 yrs, no matter if you're on fixed servicing or flexible.
The indicators are set at PDI, so if you have a car that was in dealer stock for a few months, the countdown has already started - most of the time it relates to registration date, however, like I've just mentioned, sometimes it doesnt
if you're on long life, but only reach 13-14k in say 18 months, before the oil service due flashed up, you have two choices - have the oil & inspection done early, or just the oil and return at 18700mls for the inspection. I always give the customer the choice, as some people just like to have it all done at once to save returning. This will then reset the inspection part for another 2yrs from that date, NOT when the car is 4 yrs old.
The reason its 18700 mls is because this is 30000 kms
Any questions just ask, as an Audi Tech, I get asked alot about it!
06-20-2017, 04:24 PM
#9
AudiWorld Super User
Live, I did some additional reading on this and it sounds like the cars are sent to the UK with the flexible service interval set. However, it sounds like some service departments are switching it back to the fixed interval to get people in for service more often.
I'm kind of rusty on this topic and we never had the flexible service option in N America.
I'm kind of rusty on this topic and we never had the flexible service option in N America.
