dabulls113

I have a 14' Diesel with 27,000 miles on the clock. I got an oil change ~1000 miles ago and now I am getting service indicators telling my an oil change is due in 500 miles. How often does everyone else change their oil? I am used to every 5,000 miles.

gnat

5000 miles is the directive from Porsche.

VWs and Audis with the same motor have a 10k interval. The Cayenne also had a 10k interval initially, but it was dropped to 5k I believe before the first ones were actually delivered (e.g. my 13's manual says 10k in it, but the computer is set to 5k).

There have been a few used oil analysis's done which seem to indicate that 7k is about the limit of the oil holding up.

dabulls113

Thanks for the reply. It is weird that I have a service message that pops up upon starting the vehicle.

Dokebi1221

Probably they didn't reset your service indicator?

dabulls113

They did reset it after my oil change. The service indicator started showing up about two months after the oil change.

stronbl

Is it the oil service message that comes up or is it the intermediate service message? Could be you are in the message window for the service but not the oil change, although the service would (could) include an oil change. I bet you could have them deduct the oil change cost from their intermediate service if you go that route.

If it is truly the oil change indicator you may have a problem. Go back and have the reset it again and if it comes back before 5000 miles then you may need further repairs. I'd be interested to hear what you find out.

dabulls113

It is an oil change message that counts down the miles until change as I drive. I'll have my Indy reset and then see what happens.