Re: VR6 oil change

[TFP <tfp@tsil.net>]

ENOUGH!!!!!! I WILL CHANGE MY OWN OIL, BUT I HATE SHELLIN' OUT ALMOST $18
FOR A FILTER FOR MY 97 GLX!!!!

WHERE CAN THESE THINGS BE HAD CHEAPER? MAIL ORDER? WHATEVER!!!! TELL ME!
Thom



At 08:17 PM 8/21/97 -0700, you wrote:
>My dealer didn't care - but they made me pay for a new oil filter at 
>the first 5k oil change.
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>On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Tom Barrett wrote:
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>> Folks, get this!
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>> I just took my 97 GLX in for its first oil change and requested synthetic
oil.
>> I was told that VW does not allow the use of synthetic oils, and if I use
them
>> it will VOID my warranty!!  What's the deal?  Anybody else heard this?  I
don't
>> remember seeing it in my owner's manual.  Is this one of the many ways VW is
>> using to get out of its 10 year/100000 mile warranty?
>> 
>> Tom Barrett
>> 97 VW Jetta GLX
>> barrettt@htc.net
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