Oil Top Up

[AlanD]

TBH the GTI doesnt really use that much oil. I've done 13k miles since May and have had to stick 3/4 of a litter.

[Egbutt Wash]

Mobil do a fully synthetic oil made to VW's latest standard.
VW dealers are using it (something like Synt S).

Mine was filled with it last Wednesday.
Exxon Mobil are not a tin pot firm.

GTI's can glug oil until they are well bedded in.  Even then can sup a bit.

[AlanD]

You want an oil drinker, try the 2.0 8v engine. That thing used to use more oil than petrol sometimes.

[ifti]

I have Castrol Magnatec 5w30 in my garage - is that Ok for the GTI?
Or do I need to look for Castrol 'Edge'?

[ub7rm]

For 10 years I never had to bother checking my oil in any of my cars. Now that I have a GTi, should I start doing this regularly? What's the typical interval for needing to top up?

Yes you should, my old 1.8T GTI barely used any oil between services - didn't have to top it up and got out of the habit of checking the oil.  But I've been startled a couple of times by the low oil level warning coming on in this car.  I'm checking once a month now...

Some seem to drink more than others depending on how they were run in.

[matthewsimone]

go for castrol edge ifti as magnatec isnt fully synthetic etc halfords also do there own oil with all vw specifications/ fully synthetic etc £15 for 2l bottle silver tub 5w/30w seems ok to me in my 2006 gti

[ifti]

Didnt realise there was a different version of it out - cheers mate, will go for the 'edge'