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[WelshGas]

Whilst booking my Annual Service and MOT I was offered a new add on Service.
An Emissions Service for £29.99.
Apparantly it involves an Oil Flush and Injector Treatment. In-depth details weren’t forthcoming and when told I would think about it was told I could decide on the day.
Knowing VW hourly rates are not the cheapest I really cannot work out what they would do for that amount.
Anyone any thoughts?

 

[calikev]

maybe what they offered me a fuel addative

 

[Jabberwocky]

Whilst booking my Annual Service and MOT I was offered a new add on Service.
An Emissions Service for £29.99.
Apparantly it involves an Oil Flush and Injector Treatment. In-depth details weren’t forthcoming and when told I would think about it was told I could decide on the day.
Knowing VW hourly rates are not the cheapest I really cannot work out what they would do for that amount.
Anyone any thoughts?

I would also be interested!

 

[Louis II]

My guess (and it is a guess) as follows:
Oil flush = additive used to thin the old oil prior to draining
Injector treatment = redex type fuel additive left in the tank
I had this explanation from an independent when I queried a couple of things on a bill some years ago
So no labour cost just overpriced consumables used in the process

 

[Milo4]

My guess is they change a couple of ones and zeros in the ECU and magically your emissions are back within tolerance ;-)

 

[Loz]

A tin of wynns oil treatment prior to flushing out the oil.
And an additive for the tank...

Any decent garage would run a wynns through as part of the oil change..

 

[EddieEagle]

A bottle of Forte fuel treatment in the tank. 30 secs. labour to tip it in.

 

[jts46]

As others have said above, it could be to do with emissions. My Cali failed MoT in July because of emissions reading too high.
The garage i trust and have used for 30yrs, supplied me with a bottle of Forte fuel treatment, emptied into fuel tank and was sent on a 20 mile drive along M42 keeping in 3rd gear and revs between 3500 & 4000. Arrived back about 1hr later and and passed emissions with flying colours.

 

[soulstyledevon]

‘Oil Flush’...???
Isn’t that the main point of a service?

 

[Bellcrew]

‘Oil Flush’...???
Isn’t that the main point of a service?

What is the chance of this treatment being included in the paid for service plan, presumably just the same as the A/C service and the brake fluid change, zero.

 

[WelshGas]

What is the chance of this treatment being included in the paid for service plan, presumably just the same as the A/C service and the brake fluid change, zero.

Correct.

 

[vwsween]

As others have said above, it could be to do with emissions. My Cali failed MoT in July because of emissions reading too high.
The garage i trust and have used for 30yrs, supplied me with a bottle of Forte fuel treatment, emptied into fuel tank and was sent on a 20 mile drive along M42 keeping in 3rd gear and revs between 3500 & 4000. Arrived back about 1hr later and and passed emissions with flying colours.

Out of interest, would you mind saying which garage?

 

[soulstyledevon]

So your dealership is saying, we can service it or sevice it properly if you pay us more money. Better off going to an Indy or doing it yourself.

 

[WelshGas]

It's not part of the normal servicing requirements but I can see it being possibly useful for the many low milage Californias that are around.

 

[Stoneybroke]

I believe the T6 manual says something about not adding fuel treatments.... I remember because I was using one regularly in my T5.

 

[jts46]

Out of interest, would you mind saying which garage?

Mick Avery, Woodville