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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: walker on 20 March 2009, 17:47
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I know there are many posts regarding the above but couldn't find an answer to my question... so
I bought a 1 litre bottle of quantum synta gold 5W-40, for my MkV Golf gti is this the correct oil??? After reading
all the posts im begining to think its not! Any help greatly appreciated.
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Put Mobil 1 5W-30 ESP in mine, would be interested to hear everyone else's choices and experiences.
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Castrol Edge 5W30.
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Put Mobil 1 5W-30 ESP in mine, would be interested to hear everyone else's choices and experiences.
You just know that somewhere right now T_T just stopped whatever he was doing and got a shiver down his spine.
As previously mentioned here, Mobil1 is not semi-synthetic oil and apparently is mineral oil. It does not meet VW standards and should be avoided.
Honestly, just go to the dealers and get the right oil. It ain't expensive.
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The Castrol oil is the best for your car.
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Put Mobil 1 5W-30 ESP in mine, would be interested to hear everyone else's choices and experiences.
You just know that somewhere right now T_T just stopped whatever he was doing and got a shiver down his spine.
As previously mentioned here, Mobil1 is not semi-synthetic oil and apparently is mineral oil. It does not meet VW standards and should be avoided.
Honestly, just go to the dealers and get the right oil. It ain't expensive.
that is what the dealer put in! :embarassed:
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Go elsewhere and get the oil changed. Otherwise I see premature engine failure.
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5w-30 FULLY synthetic (castrol edge) and can be purchased from halfrauds, be interested to see how much mr dealer is charging as with most things i dont think it is cheap!
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Go elsewhere and get the oil changed. Otherwise I see premature engine failure.
erk. just had a look on the bottle i've got in the garage and it does say approved for VW, Merc and BM. :sad:
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erk. just had a look on the bottle i've got in the garage and it does say approved for VW, Merc and BM. :sad:
Does it say that it conforms to VW 502 standard?
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erk. just had a look on the bottle i've got in the garage and it does say approved for VW, Merc and BM. :sad:
Have a read of this: clicky (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=65779.0)
Just because it says "approved for VW" means jack$hit.
It is simply down to the wording on the bottle. If it says something like 'approved by Volkswagen/Audi to VW 506.01 standard', then the oil will have to have been formally submitted to Volkswagen Germany and undergo VWs own in-house stringent tests. But if they use some kind of weasel words, such as 'meets', 'complies with', 'suitable for' - then phrases like those don't actually mean anything - but the one thing absolutely certain about those kinds of phrases - they will NOT have been formally tested by VW. Mobil are particularly guilty of using those kinds of words. Look at a bottle of Mobil 1 0w40, and it will list a whole shed load of VW standards which it claims to 'meet', yet look on VWs own master lists, and you will be lucky if it actually complies with just one! Virtually all the US based oils are like that.
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erk. just had a look on the bottle i've got in the garage and it does say approved for VW, Merc and BM. :sad:
Does it say that it conforms to VW 502 standard?
So if the bottle says "approved to VW 502.00/505.00 (01/97)" can I assume that will be the correct oil for the mkV gti and wont
fook my engine?