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Offline luke0380

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Check Oil
« on: 06 April 2009, 20:48 »
My light has come on asking me to check the oil level, as i have not done this since having the car can someone please recommend what Oil i should be buying and the cheapest place to get it ?

I drive a Mk5 GTI 07 plate.

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Offline ifti

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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #1 on: 08 April 2009, 10:34 »
Castrol Edge 5w30 - you can get it from Halfords.
Either that, or do what I did and pop into your local dealer and pick up a bottle of oil from there - just ensure its long life oil. It was £15 for 1 litre.
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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #2 on: 10 April 2009, 14:40 »
Quote from: ifti on 08 April 2009, 10:34
Castrol Edge 5w30 - you can get it from Halfords.
Either that, or do what I did and pop into your local dealer and pick up a bottle of oil from there - just ensure its long life oil. It was £15 for 1 litre.

Fifteen quid - for a litre!  Was that the geniune VW stuff or was it Castrol or Quantum?
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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #3 on: 10 April 2009, 15:31 »
Quote from: Teutonic_Tamer on 10 April 2009, 14:40
Quote from: ifti on 08 April 2009, 10:34
Castrol Edge 5w30 - you can get it from Halfords.
Either that, or do what I did and pop into your local dealer and pick up a bottle of oil from there - just ensure its long life oil. It was £15 for 1 litre.

Fifteen quid - for a litre!  Was that the geniune VW stuff or was it Castrol or Quantum?

for £15 a litre it must be made from blind nuns' tears.
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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #4 on: 16 April 2009, 14:08 »
Quantum I think - I'll go and check later!
Made a mistake really - I should have went to Halfords and got the castrol Edge, which was about the same price!

Isnt £15 how much it generally is? Or have I been ripped off again?!!! lol
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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #5 on: 18 April 2009, 09:00 »
LOL @ the nun's tears comments :grin:

How many litres should you put in then?

I know with my 2.7L Audi, there was a lot :(

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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #6 on: 18 April 2009, 18:35 »
I believe the difference between min and max on the dipstick is 1L.

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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #7 on: 20 April 2009, 20:01 »
So how much are people generally paying for a litre of Castrol Edge??
Halfords have it for around £15 a litre - anywhere have it cheaper?
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Offline matthewsimone

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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #8 on: 25 April 2009, 17:00 »
get down the stealers they have 5l bottles of quantum i think it was recomended for the gti and used by themselves £27 a bottle not bad not bad  :grin:
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Offline SoVW

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Re: Check Oil
« Reply #9 on: 26 April 2009, 23:22 »
Well, to save you feeling bad, I bought a litre of oil from my dealer for £17.55 the other day, so £15 is cheap! :) Think it was Castrol Edge. If I end up needing quite a lot, I'll try source a cheaper large bottle somewhere else.

Also picked up some touch-up paint I've not tried yet, which was cheaper than on ebay.
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