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Title: SERVICE PLEASE !!!!
Post by: bulk66 on 15 December 2005, 00:00
Hi all its time i showed my 91 8v gti some love and attention and gave her a service i ve just got a couple of questions. What plugs should i get are things like splitfires or super 4s worth it or should i just stick to the standard stuff. I want to go semi synthetic with the oil, same again is any one better than the other for the 8v. And i was going to change the dizzy cap and rotor arm but I'm think i read some were that there were about 3 differant kinds and even with an engine number you can still get the wrong one, I might of made that up in my head  lol. And going off the subject i noticed on the inside of my petrol flap it says to run my car on 98 ron not 95 is this right as i ve never heard any one mention it be-for and Ive been running it on 95 since i had the car with no problems. Cheers for any answers!!!! :grin:
Title: Re: service service please!!!!
Post by: Chugadub on 15 December 2005, 00:17
Feed it optimax, you'll notice the difference  :laugh:

as for the rest prob best to search through here for the clues, its all round somewhere. I did the same when i got my 8v 2 months ago.

 :smiley:
Title: Re: SERVICE PLEASE !!!!
Post by: bulk66 on 15 December 2005, 11:07
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Title: Re: SERVICE PLEASE !!!!
Post by: Mart8V on 15 December 2005, 12:11
Oil- Synta Silver from VAG- cheap and the lube of choice.  Same goes for the filter- VAG all the way.

AS for plugs, I use the Bosch ones, but can't remember the exact code.

Re fuel, Optimax makes a bit of a difference, but if the timing has been retarted to run on 95 ron all should be OK.

The the rotor arm and dizzy cap- get the genuine ones from GSF or Eurocarparts- give them the engine details and they should sort you out.

Don't forget to do a full engine flush prior to the oil change- get rid of all the gunk.

Enjoy! :cool:
Title: Re: SERVICE PLEASE !!!!
Post by: bulk66 on 15 December 2005, 22:12
cool cheers :grin:
Title: Re: SERVICE PLEASE !!!!
Post by: rubjonny on 16 December 2005, 13:45
Try http://www.vwspares.co.uk, cheaper than GSF and all good quality OEM equivilant parts :)
Their site is also much easier to understand and most of the parts have clickable links and piccies ;)  Only thing they don't sell is synta silver, so either pop down to VW or GSF to get some.