[Vwdiesel] OK, half-assed oil change

[James Hansen]

I would just change the oil and filter.  If you MUST run what you have for a
while, get a 5 dollar can of GM engine oil supplement and dump that in.  It
has anti shear additives (ZDDP), that should help protect the camshaft until
you get to changing it. 
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Rolf Pechukas
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:39 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com; VW-TDI at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] OK, half-assed oil change
> 
> 2001 VW Golf TDi
> working at my mom's house w/o any tools I did a topside oil change
> but I could not get oil filter cap off, despite applying lobster
> cracker, reversed rubber pliers, and a strip of old timing belt that I
> twisted with pipe wrench ala strap tool
> alas
> put in 4 qts Mobil 1 5w-30 (full synthetic)
> which I now understand is not the proper spec
> but I figured wrong new oil  and no filter change was better than same
> old oil and no filter change
> my Q is:
> how long should I wait b4 re-doing w/ new filter and proper 5w-40?
> just long enough for the filter socket to arrive, or can I let it go
> for 5k miles or so?
> thanks for any advice
> - Rolf in MA
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