service light - INSP

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:24 pm

its flashing by my mileage as a service indicator.

what does this mean? cheers

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:53 pm

Needs a service

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:26 pm

that was useful

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:56 pm

From memory it means "Inspection service" which is the minor oil change one.

It should say if the owners manual if you have it handy.

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:01 pm

no it doesnt say so in the manual and i had the oil done the other week, going to go see my mate 2mro who works at vw

thedees1 · Post by **thedees1** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:03 pm

Just reset it, Its already programmed in the cars computer to display it at set intervals regardless if you have just had a oil change or not

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:21 pm

well the service oil light came on before and i put in a new filter and new oil then reset the light!! bloody cars!

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:45 pm

tomo87 wrote:that was useful

You asked a question and i answered it.

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:47 pm

INSP is also a brake check

GTILass · Post by **GTILass** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:25 pm

it'll flash oil if it needs an oil change

my started flashing in newquay as 'insp oil' or something like that but i only saw 'oil' and got in a tis was

only had it serviced 3 weeks ago, apparently they can turn back on

jj gti · Post by **jj gti** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:33 pm

inspection services on most cars means that change oil and filter, air filter, plugs, pollen filter, as well as checking things that would be on a normal oil services such as checking the brakes, tyres, lights etc.

New B · Post by **New B** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:33 pm

alexperkins wrote:INSP

Mean go to your local VW and be ready to get SCREWED

GTILass · Post by **GTILass** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:39 pm

New B wrote:
alexperkins wrote:INSP
Mean go to your local VW and be ready to get SCREWED

why vw?

New B · Post by **New B** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:07 pm

GTILass wrote:
New B wrote:
alexperkins wrote:INSP
Mean go to your local VW and be ready to get SCREWED
why vw?

Because the only people I trust to look under the bonnet are VW or a VAG specialist

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:29 pm

thedees1 wrote:Just reset it, Its already programmed in the cars computer to display it at set intervals regardless if you have just had a oil change or not

Nail on head there mate, there just there to advise, i mean if you got a service one day, and the thing came on the next, would you go and get another service ? I think not !

New B wrote:
GTILass wrote:
New B wrote: Mean go to your local VW and be ready to get SCREWED
why vw?
Because the only people I trust to look under the bonnet are VW or a VAG specialist

Why ? Surely a good local garage has the same ability to wrk on any car ? also your more likely to have a wee lad rag your car in a dealer as there still training, where as if you have a good local garage, there more likely to be older and tend not to rag cars about, in my view you still get your service book stamped regardless of what garage and still has a FSH ! Dont matter if its from VW or not when selling !