dr_mat 0 Posted April 19, 2004 Pre-warm the oil? There's an engine add-on you can buy for a couple of hundred quid that will store some pressure and fire it through the engine just before startup to make sure the oil is spread throughout and up to pressure before the pistons move. I can't remember the name of it, but even if it's £200 it'll be cheaper than 12 oil changes - which you appear to be doing in a year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted April 19, 2004 Oh, and now I mention it, enough of the upper engine wear occurs due to acid corrosion in condensation that forms on the cold engine, that you're really not going to be able to work miracles on the engine's life just by changing the oil. The only way to get interstellar mileages out of engines like these seems to be to never ever start from cold... Which is something that not many people can manage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal77 0 Posted April 19, 2004 dr mat where can I get this from? The oil changes dont cost me nothing as he does it at work and dont charge for a thing, believe me even managers take the p*ss at dealerships, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted April 19, 2004 Like I say, I can't remember what it's called, or even how to find it. I'll see what I can dig out... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted April 19, 2004 Found a couple of links: http://www.dealsonwheels.com/partsandac ... _id/828640 http://www.batinc.net/files/accus.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaos 0 Posted June 7, 2004 does anyone know how much oil a vr6 takes on an oil change? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted June 7, 2004 does anyone know how much oil a vr6 takes on an oil change? pretty sure its just over 5litres (including filter change)......it should tell you the capacities in the owner's manual :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MoonlightVR 0 Posted June 7, 2004 does anyone know how much oil a vr6 takes on an oil change? With filter it's 6 litres. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaos 0 Posted June 7, 2004 does anyone know how much oil a vr6 takes on an oil change? pretty sure its just over 5litres (including filter change)......it should tell you the capacities in the owner's manual :wink: useful IF u have an owners manual i spose :-P :-P :-P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted June 7, 2004 does anyone know how much oil a vr6 takes on an oil change? pretty sure its just over 5litres (including filter change)......it should tell you the capacities in the owner's manual :wink: useful IF u have an owners manual i spose :-P :-P :-P you can order them from the stealers :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted June 7, 2004 Or buy 'em on ebay - that sort of stuff crops up from time to time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiAsAKite 0 Posted June 7, 2004 I have 2 owners manuals.... one of them is very helpfully in German.... .....joys of owning a LHD car I suppose.. funnily enough I got an English one from VW. Though they did say something along the lines of there only being 3 left in the country..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
