Date:         Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:17:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Pressure Light on-need help!  (dealer cant fix it)
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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Along those same lines I've had a local foreign parts store, that
specializes in VW mainly, tell me the local VW dealer orders parts from
them.
While I don't know if that's true or not, I always thought that dealers of
any make use and install OEM type parts only.  So sending out oil changes
seems a bit weird.........and........

Low cost things like simple oil changes are used not as revenue generating
jobs, but as an inspection opportunity to sell other work.  They could do
free oil changes , and find enough work that cars need, to easily came out
far ahead.
    Dealers also have a bay or two dedicated to just fluid service type
jobs, and less skilled and lower paid techs for just those jobs, called a
'lube tech.'  Some do anyway.

I gave up on Castrol GTX 20W50 about 15 years ago, and always only use
Chevron Delo 15W40......in most cases. I've even 'upgraded' an engine from
Delo 15W40 to Castrol gtx 20W50 and didn't think it was as quite and smooth
as with the Delo.
Scott
Turbovans


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Allan Streib
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:55 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Oil Pressure Light on-need help! (dealer cant fix it)

Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET> writes:

> sounds like someone put a thinner oil in the engine.It needs 20/50 I
> have seen this to many times the quickie oil chance guys ad 5/30
> thats what most new car run change the oil

Interesting you say that I am suspicious that our local VW (also Audi
and Subaru) dealer sends the oil change jobs across the street to
K-Mart (which also does automobile "service").  I've never actually
witnessed it but there are always a lot of late models of those
marques parked out behind the K-mart building by the service bay
doors.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL


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