My oil change

My first own oil change. Same oil Valvoline SynPower 5W-40 4 liters from Alon Halafim. This is last time I bought there - 220 NIS! And they sell for 220 while on site it says 200. When I talked to them on phone after finding that fact right after purchase - I got filling like talking to wall. Ok whatever, there are other stores around. You can get 5L for 190 in AutoStore (Holon). Original oil filter with plug I got for 50 NIS from Russia.

Tools
1. Jack stands - 140 NIS

2. IKEA - TROFAST - Storage box, green ~15 NIS

3. IKEA - CHOSIGT - Funnel, set of 2, assorted colors ~5 NIS

4. ACDelco ARM602-4 Torque adapter - 300 NIS (optional)

And here we go!

Procedure as described in old post - Oil replace instructions.
1. Remove filter (put paper towel around before).
2. Unscrew oil cap.
3. Clean both places, cover both holes with something to keep clean from dust.
4. Go below, put oil pan (storage box).
5. Unscrew drain plug.
6. Let it drain out for a while, at least 10-15 min.
7. I had 0.5L of oil in old canister, so I filled it in washing out more dirt oil.
8. Now prepare new filter, tap gaskets with oil and install. Torque moment up to 25 Nm.
9. Screw in new drain plug, torque moment is 30 Nm.
10. Top new oil using funnel periodically check for level with dipstick (top, wait for 1 min, check). 3.6L required by the specs.
11. Clean with soft paper all places and check for leaks.
12. Startup engine and check for leaks.
13. Perform test drive, shut down engine, wait for 3-5 mins and check for leaks again.
14. Done!

I hooked up with VCDS while topping oil monitoring fill level and temperature.

And did test run while monitoring.
Blue - oil level, mm
Green - oil temperature, grad C
Purple - coolant temperature, grad C
Orange - engine RPM
Yellow - vehicle speed, km/h

After engine was shut off, oil level sensor displays ~79mm and on dipstick it's in the middle of min and max. I  run out of new oil can because I waited for about an hour while old oil was draining out - doing other stuff.

Now need to return old oil gently collected in old canister to somewhere. It was fun, saved a money (about 300 NIS for labor) and got new experience. Engine runs smooth, I felt better response on gas pedal after change - true.

Few more shots
Oil spot quick check (photo taken after 10 mins)

Filter housing. Note small spots on the right side. Not a mud, just some sticked oil like sludge but very easy dissolves when touched.

Oil level sensor from Hella. Costs ~$85. Check Hella PDF below if interested.

More info
Hella Oil level sensors, PDF

45,100 km | 2Y 5M

37.5K service

This time it's not just oil check, but let's start from under the vehicle pictures.

Left front wheel

6R0 423 156 B - hydraulic pump with electric motor

1K0 965 561 L - additional water pump

6Q0 199 851 BD - support
See oil stream?

Drive shaft with constant velocity joints

6Q0 407 272 DL - drive shaft with constant velocity joints

Left rear wheel

Right rear wheel

After oil filter and plug was replaced, we did throttle cleaning. From what I saw I will recommend do that every 2 years or 30K. You will also need to do unit adaptation after cleaning that can be done with VAG-COM cable and VCDS application that you can get for less than 200 NIS (from China). More later about VAG tool.

03F 133 062 - throttle body magneti marelli

03F 133 062 - throttle body top view

Intake manifold view hole

Now, there is not a lot of dust but it there.

And this is after cleaning

What else... Spark plugs!
Looks fine. Light red color on them cause of fuel mixture - 95 and 98 - that's okay. What is not okay is white rust. This is from my engine wash :-) Next time I will hide it.

Cylinder 1

Cylinder 2

Cylinder 3

Cylinder 4

All together

And we also changed brake fluid but in Israel style - with help of gravity :-)
Remember to change it every 2 years!

Total work cost about 350 NIS, thanks to Husam again.

Endoscopy video is not ready yet and I don't know if somebody except me needs it, so probably will skip it this time.

Instructions
Change brake fluid, PDF Eng
Removing and installing the throttle valve control unit -J338-, PDF Eng
Clean throttle valve control unit -J338-, PDF Eng

37 700km | 1Y 12M

30K or 2-Year Service

As always, I bought Valvoline SynPower 5W-40 from Alon Halafim for 200 NIS few days before service.

And called to Hagoren garage to schedule a service. They told me to come in a few days - was busy week for them.
Alexander took my car and replaced oil and oil filter, checked other things, made a compliment about good care of the car (I washed engine few month ago) and in 30 minutes all was done.

Total spent 574 NIS...

Need to replace brake fluid in Jan 2013 - each 2 years.
Also I replaced air and fuel filter at home, will post later more details.

29 900 km | 1Y 7M

22.5 oil change with Husam

First of all, who is Husam.

Husam got a garage in Baqa al-Gharbiyye. He worked for Champion Motors at Netanya overall 10 years in VW/Audi. Great person and professional. I got a lot of compliments about his work from a lot of people and I can tell that all of them true.
The price of the service was great and I even added extra bonus for him because I was really impressed.

Regarding the oil. I bought already Valvoline SynPower XL-III 5W-30 with VW 504 approval but after that I was able to ask some professional advice (in Russian) about oil I use.
The summary:
- 504 can be used in place of 502 but it's LowSAPS oil. 502 is better in terms of wear and protection. 504 is more for ecology sake and not for your engine.
- maximum replacement interval is 10-15 kkm. With more city traffic - 10 is maximum. I can't imagine what happens at 30! :-)
- if in doubt - follow manufacture instructions.
- better oil for mine engine is Mobil 1 0W-40 that is also approved by VW 502.

So I drove to Alon Halafim (that now have internet site) and changed 4 liters of 504 to 5 liters of 502.

Valvoline SynPower 5W-40, VW 502 - 5 liters: 200 NIS (Alon Halafim, oil date - Jan 2012)
03C 115 561 D - oil filter: 60 NIS (Exist)
N 908 132 02 - oil drain plug: 8 NIS (Exist)
Work: *** NIS (less than in Skoda garage)

This oil I used (VW 502 approval)

Manufactured at 20th Jan 2012

And this is oil that I returned with VW 504 approval. I already made pictures...

Manufactured at 1st Feb 2012

23 300 km | 1Y 4M

15K or 1-Year Service

I came at 9:15 and finished at 11:00.

What was done:
1. Engine computer was updated with latest firmware. As far that I know, update related to complains that sometimes engine stalled when starting moving. I never experienced that by myself.
2. I've asked to change "convenience turn signal" from 3 to 4 times. I feel always that I missing just one more light when changing lines, making light turns. It took techinians to figure out where this hided in their service computer :-) I guees, noone ever asked about that before. Moving to other stand...
3. A service man pulled out old oil filter and put a new one. It was a good decision to stand with my car this time. Because I noticed that new filter looks strange. There was "Asal Technologies" or something like that written on it. I took a packaging and it was made in Turkey. What a fuck? I asked to pull out from trash old one. Techinian started to explain that it is the same, they always install such filters. But the old one was made in Germany and has VAG logos. So I went to the warehouse to ask what is just happend right now. Stockman reacted like everything is normal, and when I explained, he says "sorry, that is mistake". Gave us original oil filter. I bet they could change the filter and took money as for original with easy. Ok, filter changed.
4. We (yes, now I was looking precisly what he is doing) lifted the car, opened the drain plug. Oil was very-very black, and this is just 7500 km. We replaced drain plug with the new one. He asked why do I need that, it's almost the new... I didn't explain.
5. He inspected brakes: disks and pads were like new.
6. Lowered Fabia, I gave him new oil with 3.5 liters mark. That's why I had a pleasure experience sucked up extra oil back when they put all 4 liters. In manual and ELSA said it should be 3.6 liters. I'll better add if need later by myself.
7. Took out air filter, cleaned with air and also it's housing.
8. All other luquids were in their level ranges, nothing added.
9. Fuel line rattling not fixed. Will fix by myself.

Overall, 15K service costs me 568 NIS: 368 NIS to garage for work and 200 NIS for my oil. Took around 1 and a half hour.

Skoda Fabia 15K service bill

Also, don't forget your car book, they should also mark there.

Skoda Fabia 15K service mark

I also bought from them original dust and pollen filter 6R0 820 367 for 133 NIS. Not original costs around 75 NIS.

Skoda Fabia dust and pollen filter bill

Odometer: 14,595 km.

Valvoline SynPower XL-III from Alon Halafim

Valvoline SynPower XL-III front

These week I was looking for Valvoline SynPower XL-III 5W-30.
I called several places, was in some stores - nothing.

Usually, in a store dialog looks like this:

Me: I'm looking for Valvoline SynPower XL-III
Seller: What?
M: Valvoline SynPower XL-III
S: We have 5W-40 и 5W-30
M: SynPower XL-III?
S: Valvoline!
M: What is VW approval on it?
S: What is approval? No approval. What car is for?
M: Skoda Fabia 2011
S: Wait, I'm calling to garage. Allo, Michael, what oil you use for Skoda 2001? 10W-40? Here is a best oil for your Skoda, take it.
M: Any stores around here?..

So I asked help on forum. There is a good store Alon Halafim in Rishon Lezion, 2 Tulipman St. Before I went there, I called to check they have oil I need in stock.

Both SynPower and SynPower XL-III were around 220 NIS, sold for 200 NIS. They also gave me to choose most fresh by manufacture date - 2010-10-05. But one thing that amaze me was when I came in and asked for Valvoline oils, the owner said: "I will show all types I have and you will choose what you need, because you understand in it more than I". This is the best car store I know so far! Love it. I'm not mention that they have several section for sitting like in the bank. And a small present - dust cleaning brush.

Valvoline SynPower XL-III side

Valvoline SynPower XL-III back

Btw, windshield washing fluid cost 10 NIS, same thing in Skoda garage is 12 NIS.

Important observation from visiting such stores. Visit them 1 hour before closing, because at morning them too busy with work and other buyers to listen to you, and at the evening - you are the only customer.