« Reply #2 on: 20 September 2009, 18:57 »
Ditto ^^^^
Ideally you want to keep your oil under about 120 deg going from when I used to have mk2 GTIs which were the last ones to have an oil temp readout on the MFA.
Modern oils are very much better than the old oils though but then again the GTIs have turbos and put out a lot more power than in days of old so the oil gets put under a lot of stress.
More importantly, I think, is to make sure your turbo cools down before switching the engine off when you're been running the car at speed.
I'm sure T_T will be along to put us right once and for all.......
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