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General => The garage => Topic started by: Bensuv87 on 09 May 2013, 16:01
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I've got a mk4 gti turbo. It bin remapped, decated and the tt turbo. What oil should I be puttiń in the beast?? I've got a read out of 230 before the decat. Dunno if that matters
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go for mobil 1 0w40, drive warm and cold before and after giving it the beans.....
if you go for a track day or drive hard often then put in mobil 1 5w50....
purely technically you can use the 5w50 also on road but it doesn't fulfill VW specs for petrols (cos 502.00 and 503.01 specs allow only up to 5W-40, since its tuned would not give a rats ass about VW specs as long as it's good oil). It's quite similar to 0w40 version so personally would not get a headache using it in my road car (and have done in the past).
just make sure you change it annually or every 9k miles - or more often when going for track days.....
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Nice one fella cheers for the info. Much appreciated
Ben
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Do u no if I would have I run it on super unleaded or the normal petrol.
Cheers ben
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depends on how it was mapped and if anything was changed mechanically (compression)....
at 230hp i'd put 97/98 RON in..... although you can probably run it on 95 with slight loss of power since it has a knock sensor and will correct ignition timing accordingly.
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Quantum 5W/40 and super unleaded.
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Nice one for the clear n easy info.
Cheers Ben