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service miles?
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:50 pm
by 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
Re: service miles?
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:56 pm
by warrmr
mike1 wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:19 pm
by mike1
didnt get anypaperwork with my car not even a owners manual. so i cant find anything out like that.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:19 am
by 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
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:29 am
by 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.
Re: service miles?
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:33 pm
by Polo Paul
mike1 wrote: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.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:35 pm
by 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.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:30 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:18 pm
by 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.