View Single Post
  #6  
Old January 11th 05, 12:24 AM
Woodchuck
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

With only 14k there should be no sludge build up yet. The ones we see are
mostly the cars with over 40,000 miles on them. An easy way to check is look
on & under the oil cap. I would buy the car and immediately start using the
VW recommended oil & filter


"James" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Greetings.
>
> I am currently considering a private party purchase of a 2002 Passat
> GLS with the 1.8t engine and tiptronic. The price is fair according to
> Internet resources (and fixed since it will be a lease buyout). The
> car has 14k miles, and is in near-perfect condition.
>
> One problem I found: it is 4k miles overdue for the 10k oil change,
> and the 5k was most likely *not* synthetic (US$23 at a VW dealer), so
> it has been running dino oil for 9k miles.
>
> The oil sludge problem with this engine has me worried. I don't want
> to be facing an engine replacement/rebuild down the road and I fear
> that the lack of documentation for a 10k service would be enough for VW
> to reject any claim under the 8 year extended warranty on the engine.
>
> Should I buy it, change the oil, and hope for the best? Should I look
> for another car?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts or insight.
>
> -James
>




Ads