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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: candy turbo on 08 September 2008, 18:09
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edition 30 is going for service at the end of the week , whats the best oil to use ??? is it castrol edge sport 10 /30 for vw audi ?? is this what the dealer should use ???? is there any thing better ???
cheers guys :wink:
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TT recommends castrol edge but isnt it 5/30 :undecided:
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Castrol Edge 10/60 is very good if you run a little harder
I have it my self for the moment
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Castrol Edge is whats recommended - surely thats the best to use...
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TT recommends castrol edge but isnt it 5/30 :undecided:
yes my mistake it is 5/30 , had looked at 10/60 but thought that cold viscocity of 10 may be a bit high , i used shell helix ultra in my previous cars
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Costco is the cheapest place to get this oil at the mo :smiley:
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how much does it cost threir mate ? a 4 l at halfords is £49.99 cheers
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how much does it cost threir mate ? a 4 l at halfords is £49.99 cheers
Have a look here http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=88415.msg733475#msg733475
£11 per 3 litre pack :smiley:
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StevePG i have just spent 10 mins trawling through 8 pages to find that come back to paste and you beat me. :drool:
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cheers guys thats a big saving , not sure if there s one near me !!!!
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THe problem is its about 30 pound a year to join so you need to find some one who is a member or by a sh!t load of oil :smug:
ITs also cheap for tyres. :wink:
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StevePG i have just spent 10 mins trawling through 8 pages to find that come back to paste and you beat me. :drool:
Sorry I though you had gone off for your tea :smiley:
Typically my local costco had run out a couple of weeks ago.
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how much does it cost threir mate ? a 4 l at halfords is £49.99 cheers
Just got 12 litres there for £46 :wink:
Cass
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Yep - costco bargain, where I got mine.
Dealer will charge £45+ for oil - ask to take your own next time.
I took my car in recently for a 'checkup' and the only thing they came back to me on was it needed an oil top-up which would be £15 for a 1L bottle, I told them I had a brand new one in the boot they could use (why they didnt see it I dont know) - when I got the car back they hadn't touched my bottle and didnt top up the oil which I thought was pretty poor - it was like well if I'm not buying the oil from them they wont do it.
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my car is booked in at the dealers but i think i m going to cancel and go to midland vw where i usually go(with previous cars ) just need to make sure about warrenty, think custom code and a few other bits might have already put a spanner in the works any way :wink:
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VW spec Comma 504 / 507 oil. 5 litre 5w-30 bottle sells for around £41.00.
http://www.commaoil.com/Product%20Pages/Oilsnlubes/prolife.htm (http://www.commaoil.com/Product%20Pages/Oilsnlubes/prolife.htm)
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FYI there is a Costco at Thurrock near the Dartford Crossing if anyone lives down here.
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Castrol Edge 10/60 is very good if you run a little harder
And WILL void your warranty! :rolleyes:
I have it my self for the moment
Not good. The car will use more fuel, and the Castrol 10w60 is old-skool oil for old-skool cars. It most certainly aint any good for direct injection engines, such as the FSI turbo!
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edition 30 is going for service at the end of the week , whats the best oil to use ??? is it castrol edge sport 10 /30 for vw audi ??
Nope, definately NOT. Only a VW 504.00 5w30 (LongLife 3), or VW 503.00 0w30 (LongLife 2) should be used.
is there any thing better ???
cheers guys :wink:
Nope. Use any of the above spec oils from the "premuim" brands, such as Castrol, Motul, Fuchs, Pentosin, Elf, BP (or Aral if in Germany), OMV (Austria) - or VWs "own brand" Quantum, which is made by Castrol.
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VW spec Comma 504 / 507 oil. 5 litre 5w-30 bottle sells for around £41.00.
http://www.commaoil.com/Product%20Pages/Oilsnlubes/prolife.htm (http://www.commaoil.com/Product%20Pages/Oilsnlubes/prolife.htm)
Do NOT use Comma oils. They are shyte, and have lost ALL their former OEM approvals, and have NOT been approved by VW, dispite the claims which Comma state. The only testing house which can award VW oil standards, is VW themselves, and no one else. VW freely publish up to date lists of all oils which have passed their approvals, and Comma most definatley ain't on there! :rolleyes:
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so tt what shall i use ??????????????????? midland vw are saying they use q8 longlife 3 ! or do i get the 5/30 castrol edge ??????????
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so tt what shall i use ??????????????????? midland vw are saying they use q8 longlife 3 !
You are joking, right! :shocked: That must mean they have a bulk contract with Q8. I certainly would not regard Q8 oils as "premium" quality. I do know they had forays into the British Superbike Championship, but I never recall them being successful - so if they can't win in the very public arena of motorsport, then I'd not be putting the stuff in my engine.
And I'd be interested in what Volkswagen Germany had to say about using Q8 (VW UK probably couldn't give a fig). Castrol, or Fuchs, or Shell as bulk contract suppliers, but not Q8! :shocked: At least it isn't Tesco Value oil! :evil:
or do i get the 5/30 castrol edge ??????????
You know it makes sense. :wink: :smiley:
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cheers mate , got castrol edge ready to go !! main man at midland vw says he uses q8 in his rs4 !
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cheers mate , got castrol edge ready to go !! main man at midland vw says he uses q8 in his rs4 !
That will be one to avoid then! :shocked:
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should i be annoyed that in my last service they used mobil1 esp 5w30 and it cost £53.96+VAT!?
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should i be annoyed that in my last service they used mobil1 esp 5w30 and it cost £53.96+VAT!?
Annoyed at the price, maybe.
But the oil is OK - and is one of the few Mobil oils which have actually been tested by VW. :wink: All their other Mobil 1 oils have lies on the back about being VW approved! :rolleyes:
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blooming alan day vw, they didnt even reset the service light :undecided:
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blooming alan day vw, they didnt even reset the service light :undecided:
Do it yourself
When the car is off, hold the reset button on the right side of the dash (0.0). Then turn the key to the on position(don't start the engine) and once the service now words come out on the display press the minute(m) button on the right. That should reset it
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Just been and bought castrol edge. I'm having to refill after 5000 miles, just out of interest is that what you guys are finding?
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Most modern engines use quite a bit of oil in their early life, it's normal and will settle down
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Just been and bought castrol edge. I'm having to refill after 5000 miles, just out of interest is that what you guys are finding?
The official tollerance for oil consumption is "upto 1 litre of oil per 1,000 kilometers" - in english, 1 litre per 600 miles, so if you have only needed a litre after 5000miles, then that is perfectly OK.
As Komenda states, they tend to use more oil early, particularly during running in. My RS4 used about 1½ litres every 1000miles - up to about 4k miles, and now it uses about ½ a litre per 1000 miles. Can't really remember what the GTI was like new, but now with 20k on the clock, it probably uses about a quarter litre per 1000 miles.
HTH
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Just been and bought castrol edge. I'm having to refill after 5000 miles, just out of interest is that what you guys are finding?
The official tollerance for oil consumption is "upto 1 litre of oil per 1,000 kilometers" - in english, 1 litre per 600 miles, so if you have only needed a litre after 5000miles, then that is perfectly OK.
As Komenda states, they tend to use more oil early, particularly during running in. My RS4 used about 1½ litres every 1000miles - up to about 4k miles, and now it uses about ½ a litre per 1000 miles. Can't really remember what the GTI was like new, but now with 20k on the clock, it probably uses about a quarter litre per 1000 miles.
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Thanks very much TT :wink: Yeah I put in just under a litre today, clock shows 5220 miles. So thats good to know.
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Just been and bought castrol edge. I'm having to refill after 5000 miles, just out of interest is that what you guys are finding?
The official tollerance for oil consumption is "upto 1 litre of oil per 1,000 kilometers" - in english, 1 litre per 600 miles, so if you have only needed a litre after 5000miles, then that is perfectly OK.
As Komenda states, they tend to use more oil early, particularly during running in. My RS4 used about 1½ litres every 1000miles - up to about 4k miles, and now it uses about ½ a litre per 1000 miles. Can't really remember what the GTI was like new, but now with 20k on the clock, it probably uses about a quarter litre per 1000 miles.
HTH
Thanks very much TT :wink: Yeah I put in just under a litre today, clock shows 5220 miles. So thats good to know.
Did you wait for your oil light to tell you? If so, not really a good idea, because the oil light only tells you when the level is virtually at minimum (or in the case of my last S4, way below the min :angry:). Anyway, by allowing the GTI to fall to the min, being as the sump only holds 4.6 litres, you are effectively loosing upto 22% of the lubricant - which is not good. It won't be so bad if your sump holds a larger amount - my RS holds 10 litres of Castrols finest, so if I were to let it get to the min, I'd only be loosing 10% of the lube.
So the moral of this little post, is to use your dipstick regularly! :smug:
And no, not that one! :evil:
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what oil do you use in the rs 4 ?
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Did you wait for your oil light to tell you? If so, not really a good idea, because the oil light only tells you when the level is virtually at minimum (or in the case of my last S4, way below the min :angry:). Anyway, by allowing the GTI to fall to the min, being as the sump only holds 4.6 litres, you are effectively loosing upto 22% of the lubricant - which is not good. It won't be so bad if your sump holds a larger amount - my RS holds 10 litres of Castrols finest, so if I were to let it get to the min, I'd only be loosing 10% of the lube.
So the moral of this little post, is to use your dipstick regularly! :smug:
And no, not that one! :evil:
No the light hadnt come on, the dipstick showed a level towards the top of the 'min' section so thought i should refill. Is the refill light the yellow one on a gti? thanks for your advice :wink:
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what oil do you use in the rs 4 ?
Castrol SLX Professional Powerflow LongLife III. :smug:
Basically, it is the bulk trade range of Castrol Edge 5w30. I buy it in 60 litre barrels. :wink: :smiley:
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Did you wait for your oil light to tell you? If so, not really a good idea, because the oil light only tells you when the level is virtually at minimum (or in the case of my last S4, way below the min :angry:). Anyway, by allowing the GTI to fall to the min, being as the sump only holds 4.6 litres, you are effectively loosing upto 22% of the lubricant - which is not good. It won't be so bad if your sump holds a larger amount - my RS holds 10 litres of Castrols finest, so if I were to let it get to the min, I'd only be loosing 10% of the lube.
So the moral of this little post, is to use your dipstick regularly! :smug:
And no, not that one! :evil:
No the light hadnt come on, the dipstick showed a level towards the top of the 'min' section so thought i should refill.
OK, thanks. I'd still recommend lifting the bonnet a little more frequently though! :wink: :smiley:
Is the refill light the yellow one on a gti? thanks for your advice :wink:
I think the yellow one is for low oil level, whereas the red one is for low oil pressure - meaning stop the engine pronto! :cry: