3 monthly checkup on my gt sport

[bmwrider]

Hi
Just recieved a letter from McGraths at Liverpool to bring my gt sport tdi in
for a free checkup because it is coming up to 3 months old. Is this normal
or just a good will thing by the dealer. Any way I hope it still works after
they have finished with it

Cheers Kerry

[datracer99]

I didn't get any offer of a free checkup (Chatswood Classic Cars). It's probably a dealer thing.

[mikinoz]

It is to get you in the habit of taking it to them, so once you go and have a great free experience they get you coming back for a paid one!

NO CYNICISM - but there is nothing that they will really be doing to the car at such an inspection.

[OilBurna]

nothing to lose i got no such offer, also they can fix any issues you may have.. do you get a free cappacino as well?

[Logzy]

All while you wait i hope. Wouldnt want to be dropping it off to them so it can sit there all day.

On another note, How are you enjoying your GT Sport.
Im waiting for mine to arrive mid march. Its a GT Sport 125kw TDI DSG Leather Bi-Xenons Blue Graphite.

[bmwrider]

All while you wait i hope. Wouldnt want to be dropping it off to them so it can sit there all day.

On another note, How are you enjoying your GT Sport.
Im waiting for mine to arrive mid march. Its a GT Sport 125kw TDI DSG Leather Bi-Xenons Blue Graphite.

Its great, no issues with it yet, but then again it only has 3200 km on the clock, apart from the speedo error which everyone else has everything is working great

ps. excuse the small amount of km's done since Nov 07 but with double demerits over xmas and work commitments I did'nt get much driving done.

[mitch_gti]

Dealer free inspection services are a good thing.

Get the car up on the hoist, check the underbody. Make sure nothing is working its way loose.

Make sure the brakes are looking fine, get the car off the hoist, check all fluid levels.
Scan it using the manufacturer computer (this is time consuming) to make sure no fault codes are present.

How is this not a good thing?

[BarneyBoy]

Maybe the diesel needs a 3 month check? My TSI doesn't need a service until a year is up, and the GTIs apparently don't either, so maybe it's a diesel thing?

If it's free, it can't be all bad, just kiss a whole day goodbye...

[blutopless2]

most manufacturers do a short first "free" service at approx 1500k's. it is up to you if you have it done or not.. all they do really is change the oil and filter. i think it is a remnant of days gone by where they used to drain the oil after the run in period to make sure if any wear and tear was there the metal fragments did not remain in the oil system to cause further problems. also some use a different "run in " oil to normal running. so this was the change over point.
when we got our polo we were told that we could get a free service done at 5000 k's and they would change the oil and check the computer for fault codes etc.
dont think it really matters these days with extended service intervals whether you get it done or not.

[bmwrider]

Rang McGraths VW and booked the car in for next Wed, service guy told me it would only be about 1/2 - 1 hour and that I could wait for it. Seems like the hardest
part of the whole exercise will be driving on the M 5 at that time of the morning. I'll keep you posted on what they did.

Cheers

[mitch_gti]

They dont change oil or oil filter at the check up.

Its literally just a check up.

Fault codes.
underbody
suspension (make sure pd havent left suspension chocks in there lol)
Make sure all bolts are tight.



Example. One of our demos clocked up 1,000 kms the other day. Soo i took it to our service guys and asked them to do the check up and stamp the book.

They were flat out, soo they had the car a couple hours untill they could squeeze it in.
One of the suspension bolts was completely loose and was creating a knocking noise.

Check ups at 1000-3000 are a good thing lol. even if it does take more than an hour.

Id rather sit and wait in a dealership and perve on some sexy new VW's .. ie R32. Much more so than having my Vtec fall off when im driving to work

[bmwrider]

They dont change oil or oil filter at the check up.

Its literally just a check up.

Fault codes.
underbody
suspension (make sure pd havent left suspension chocks in there lol)
Make sure all bolts are tight.



Example. One of our demos clocked up 1,000 kms the other day. Soo i took it to our service guys and asked them to do the check up and stamp the book.

They were flat out, soo they had the car a couple hours untill they could squeeze it in.
One of the suspension bolts was completely loose and was creating a knocking noise.

Check ups at 1000-3000 are a good thing lol. even if it does take more than an hour.

Id rather sit and wait in a dealership and perve on some sexy new VW's .. ie R32. Much more so than having my Vtec fall off when im driving to work

Thanks for that info I thought they might just want it back for a holiday, I'v had some good feed back about McGraths L'pool

[Jester_Fu]

most manufacturers do a short first "free" service at approx 1500k's. it is up to you if you have it done or not.. all they do really is change the oil and filter. i think it is a remnant of days gone by where they used to drain the oil after the run in period to make sure if any wear and tear was there the metal fragments did not remain in the oil system to cause further problems.

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dont think it really matters these days with extended service intervals whether you get it done or not.

This is wrong. You should be changing oil at 1000/1500km as a first change and replacing the filter. Imports spend a LOT of time on ships and sitting next to the ocean. With my last car, i had oil sampling done (had a contact to get it done for nix) and you'd be amazed at just how much crap there is in your oil from the transportation. Salt registered along with calcium on the 1000km change, but at the 10,000km service, these disappeared off the graph (2 small to measure was the comment). There was also an elivated level of metal materials in the smaple readings until the oil was changed.

These things don't effect Australian built cars so much becuase they don't spend months at sea. If anyone is interested i may be able to dig out the results and post.

[Logzy]

Im interested to know how salt gets into the motor from the car being on the ship.

I do agree with a 1500km oil & filter change though.
Maybe the salt was evident in the analysis due to it being the first fill of oil into a new engine.
It could be minerals that leech from the casting once the engine heats and cools the first couple of times. I'm only guessing.

[blutopless2]

This is wrong.

so why dont they include a service interval at 1500??
First schedule we were told of for our new beetle and our polo was 15000k's or one year.. i asked about a short service first up and they told me "no there isn't one"