VW Golf GTI Mk6 Edition 35 : 2021 service : Oil and Air Filters : 4000 miles completed

 

Service reminder popped up today during UK lockdown part 2 February 2021.

Last service was also done by me , see 

Service 2020

For these smaller jobs Ive now been servicing the GTI myself, as I plan to keep the car.  I have a trusted local garage for the jobs I dont want to tackle.

DSG and cam follower done by RTech at 38k , and given I have a standard fuel pump (not upgraded) dont feel the need to change this time around.

So lets just do Oil and Air

Bought a service kit from Fergusons of Stirling. You can buy direct or via ebay.

At the moment I only wanted to change the air and oil filters inc a sump plug.

They do all the service items so have a look around. 

Im happy with the cheaper 5w40 Millers oil as it get changed pretty frequently.

Fergusons Of Stirling CDLG

After that its fire up VCDS (I have an older micro can cable that works with mk6 cars) and reset SRI.

So the mileage between services over 1 year was

Last service 45500

This one      49546

So 4000 miles only this year given we've been in lockdowns in the UK for much of it!

Updated the service schedule.

Car now also given a wash and ready for another years running.

 

VW Tiguan Mk2 150PD 4Motion : removing the panaromic sunroof vent tube spider traps

 Its a pretty common complaint on VW forums to get water into the footwells of your tiguan.

There can be many reasons but a common cause is that the sunroof drains are blocked and not draining.

VW fitted 'spider traps' small red 5p sized flaps that sit on the end of the tubes, they tend to just collect debri and end up blocking the tube!

So its advised to remove them.

There are 4

2 front tubes that end in the corner of the front scuttle panels , just lift the plastic and push your arm into the corner, they easily pull off (WARNING : only feel and removal the flap , nothing else and be gentle, last thing you want to do is yank it and detach the whole tube)

2 in the rear.

Today and did the front 2, will do the rears soon (given we have a diesel its a little bit harder on one side as the adblue tank gets in the way)

Heres the vw pages for location.