Oil and Fuel Additives

[gregoir]

Booked my car in for its 3 year annual main dealer service- pre-paid. Agreed to aircon service and brake fluid change.

However I was surprised at the offer of an oil flush additive and a fuel additive.  Declined it.

Anyone else had this?

[TheWanderer]

What is it?

 

I use Miller's Eco Max in mine and no issues with it. 

[KenONeill]

There are no VAG recommended oil or fuel additives.

[Kenny R]

In fact the owners manual specifically states not to use additives.

[Ootohere]

@gregoir

I seriously hope you are not paying £139 for the A/C service on a 3 year old car.

& are you getting the £60 Brake Fluid Change deal?

[TheWanderer]

5 hours ago, Kenny R said:

In fact the owners manual specifically states not to use additives.

 

Don't give a stuff, you know what I think of it. I've given up caring about it. I pop Millers in because it gives it a bit of a boost. I've tried Redex too as it's juddering when you drive away when cold, so I thought I'd give that a go and see if it stopped doing it, which it did for a while. 

 

Back to doing it again now. If I could I'd say take the bloody thing back and I'll find another car.

[gregoir]

Both those extras cost much less than that at my main dealer. I'm happy with the costs and convenience at having everything done on the one day 

[edbostan]

Best additive is a 2000 mile road trip over two weeks. Just returned from the continent and the car behaves like a different vehicle. Engine is smoother, perkier and pulls stronger. 

[ChoonDoode]

I use V power diesel, but I still throw redex in every now and then. It probably does sod all, but it makes me happy.

 

I take vitamin pills. I eat a healthy enough diet. Do they make a difference; who know, but I'm happy to take one a day, every day.

[themanwithnoaim]

5 hours ago, tunedude said:

 

I take vitamin pills. I eat a healthy enough diet. Do they make a difference; who know, but I'm happy to take one a day, every day.

My grand mother in law is 94 years old, she goes nowhere, can't see the telly well enough to watch anything, has 4 careers a day, sucks blended food through a straw & wears incontinence pads. I don't wanna end my days like that so, I'll smoke, drink & eat WTF I like comforted by the fact, that I'm not gonna get to that stage.

[TheWanderer]

23 minutes ago, themanwithnoaim said:

My grand mother in law is 94 years old, she goes nowhere, can't see the telly well enough to watch anything, has 4 careers a day, sucks blended food through a straw & wears incontinence pads. I don't wanna end my days like that so, I'll smoke, drink & eat WTF I like comforted by the fact, that I'm not gonna get to that stage.

 

4 careers a day? What is she? An alien or Supergran! 

[gregoir]

So I assume that no one else has been asked if they wanted the additives at the service? I declined them.

[KenONeill]

7 hours ago, tunedude said:

I take vitamin pills. I eat a healthy enough diet. Do they make a difference;

Yes, if you want "very expensive urine".

[ChoonDoode]

4 hours ago, KenONeill said:

Yes, if you want "very expensive urine".

 

Dayglow piddle 🤣

[themanwithnoaim]

6 hours ago, TheWanderer said:

 

4 careers a day? What is she? An alien or Supergran! 

Sorry typo carers

[silver1011]

10 hours ago, gregoir said:

So I assume that no one else has been asked if they wanted the additives at the service? I declined them.

 

It has been discussed on here before so you're not alone. A sure sign of a dishonest dealer. They're snake oils.

 

Be sure to let Skoda UK know that one of their franchised dealers is recommending the use of non-approved additives...

 

https://www.skoda.co.uk/discover/contact-us

 

It needs stamping out.

[gregoir]

After the main dealer service, no problems, filled car up with Texaco Supreme 97RON E5 (best spec. fuel available locally) also with an £8 bottle of Wynns injector cleaner. A few miles to warm up oil and then pulled strongly up the local Slack Hill ,A632, in 6th at indicated 65mph. Feels  even more lively -but I do know about placebo effects.

And for convenience sake I was happy to pay £99 for an ac service and £49 for a brake fluid change.

Edited 10 October, 2019 by gregoir
Fuel brand added

[Gabbo]

probably more an effect of new oil, plugs & clean filters though than the additives?