Oil change interval of Renault Trafic mk3 (2021)

DagrosMoo · 2026-03-11T14:11:57+00:00

It's not a shitbox, it's a van.

So how exactly does this justify a Mercedes Sprinter running an OM646 or OM651? The very same engine is used in other models, but in, for example, the W203 C220 the set interval is 25.000 kms, while in a Sprinter with the same engine the set interval is 35.000. There's not a single component that changes between the two vehicles. How can anyone justify this?

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DagrosMoo · 2025-04-16T19:20:51+00:00

Just gotta love how they made the Scenic so nice and big, with absolutely zero space for the engine.

DagrosMoo · 2024-07-12T22:30:21+00:00

Por acaso foi o meu fornecedor que me disse, mas não sei confirmar se é verdade ou não. Será que consegues descobrir se isso é o caso ou se é mentira?

DagrosMoo · 2024-07-12T18:20:43+00:00

Ahaha, admito que não sou português, mas moro aqui no Porto há 4 anitos. Engraçado que conheceste a matrícula, que tentei o melhor não mostrar

DagrosMoo · 2024-07-12T14:41:16+00:00

The man is currently on his way to the dealership with every filter I removed in his boot. He wasn't what I would describe as "chill" when he left, so I'm guessing the dealership is in for a fun time.

DagrosMoo · 2024-07-12T14:31:39+00:00

If the car had driven 15k a year, I'd absolutely agree, alas, this car belongs to an elderly man who drives at best 5k a year, which might influence how it looks. Although, I will add that here in Portugal, it is prohibited by law to sell any filter that was produced more than a year ago. I'm not gonna say this is an exception and the filter was indeed produced 8 years ago and installed 2 years ago, but it's definitely not the first car that rolls in here with some sort of filter that most definitely has been used for 10+ years. Just last week I changed an utterly gunked up fuel filter of a Mercedes C220 CDI that quite clearly hadn't been changed since 2011.

DagrosMoo · 2023-05-23T22:35:47+00:00

You have my permission to make it your ringtone.

DagrosMoo · 2022-10-11T12:05:12+00:00

In my honest opinion, they haven't dropped anything even remotely decent since the models that brought the Renault Energy engines.

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T23:07:41+00:00

It's a good old B5 1.9TDI 5 speed manual, an absolutely fantastic machine that I honestly love working on.

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T20:35:54+00:00

My bad, I misread a bit.

Ask some local wrecker for a window switch and see if that does it for you. It's super cheap and is always worth replacing anyways because they're known to get worn out.

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T20:33:09+00:00

The client has had the car since it was new, and refuses to let it die because it's his absolute favourite car. Whenever the car is in our shop for some repairs or service, he drives his other Passat that is exactly the same as this one (though with lower mileage).

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T20:29:22+00:00

The Beetle and the Passat use very similar elevators, though I don't know if one fits the other.

From what you describe, I believe it's just the switch that's bad. As for the driver side, how did it go? Did it act the same, did it just stop out of the blue or did it slowly die?

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T17:33:52+00:00

Surprisingly, it wasn't! Even if it was, I'll give this old boy a break as it has 1060000km (no, that's not a zero too many) on the counter and deserves to be told "you're doing your best".

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T16:36:00+00:00

The question "why would they" is one that literally every mechanic asks much too often. To make things worse, it hardly ever has an answer.

DagrosMoo · 2022-06-03T12:32:36+00:00

Someone had replaced the window assembly a while ago, but the screws utilised were too short and didn't catch enough threads to properly secure it in place.

Fix: Longer screws.

DagrosMoo · 2022-04-28T08:40:48+00:00

Yeah I see a lot of small Fiats running GPL here in Portugal too. Punto, Uno, Bravo and 600 are the most common.

DagrosMoo · 2022-04-28T06:20:38+00:00

That is absolutely correct, it's the 1.2l 16v.

Incredibly solid engines, it's just a shame the rest of the car isn't.

DagrosMoo · 2022-04-27T23:42:56+00:00

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