service miles?

[mike1]

was drivin along today and my mileage counter started flashing, 'service oil' after a while it stoped flashing and it said service miles instead. now everytime i start the engine it does the same thing. what does all this mean? my car is a 1999 polo 1.4 16v

thanks
mike

[warrmr]

was drivin along today and my mileage counter started flashing, 'service oil' after a while it stoped flashing and it said service miles instead. now everytime i start the engine it does the same thing. what does all this mean? my car is a 1999 polo 1.4 16v

thanks
mike

it needs an oil change service.

look it up in your service shedule should come with all your paperwork.

[mike1]

didnt get anypaperwork with my car not even a owners manual. so i cant find anything out like that.

[samil87]

mine started saying the same thing yesterday the car just needs an oil change and oil filter change i think

need to get mine done

[Biddle]

If you go to the DIY section then it will tell you how to get rid of the flashing message, it worked first time for me. I did it the other day because mine was flashing and it was annoying me. Taking it for a service next week.

[Polo Paul]

was drivin along today and my mileage counter started flashing, 'service oil' after a while it stoped flashing and it said service miles instead. now everytime i start the engine it does the same thing. what does all this mean? my car is a 1999 polo 1.4 16v

thanks
mike

My advice would be to get it thouroughly serviced, 16v's can get very tempermental if ot looked after properly.

[mike1]

well ill have to do it all myself. im 17 and buying the car and insuring it has crippled me. so i can afford to send it to a garage.

[doug]

just take it to kwik-fit or such like and ge tthem to change the oil/filter as its only £20 or so which is about the same as buying the filter and oil anyway

plus its less of a ballache

[mike1]

if we had a kwik fit in jersey (channel islands) i would take it there but we dont. so i would be looking at minimum of 50 pound labour and oil and a filter on top. and if i took it to the VW garage over here i would be looking at 90 pound an hour labour. not cheap.