What oil do I need?

[mwad gti]

WOW! Surprised no one jumped on me for using halfords oil

I did think about it

[Snoopy]

WOW! Surprised no one jumped on me for using halfords oil

I did think about it

Ive used hellfrauds oil before in many cars especially as nowere else is open sundays. Just not in my mk6. As long as its been tested to the correct manufactures standard and so will be listed on the bottle as such.
 Ive used alsorts of make oil in the leon over the years I just made sure it was the correct vw ###.## standard.
At the end of the day its your car and you can do with it what you want.

[joe6]

So, 2 questions please:

1.  Does the 'date filled' stamp on the bottle mean that there is a shelf life for this oil?

2.  Can this 5w-30 Castrol Magnatec oil that I have, safely and properly be used as top up oil on the MK6 GTi?

Thanks.

1 Date is an indicator in case there has been an upgrade of the product.

2 Should indicate on the oil if it is compliant with VW codes for the latest engines - codes in your hand book VW 502 for annual oil change and 504/507 for long life. If not would not use it myself.

[Mattyj]

WOW! Surprised no one jumped on me for using halfords oil

I did think about it

I'd buy castrol if they didn't take the piss with prices and selling 4 litre contains so you have to buy an extra 1 litre tin to get it to the max