Castrol Edge or Vw's Quantum?

[billy187]

Need to get some oil for the gti, both castrol edge and vw's quantum is similarly priced i think so which one would you go for?

[maxload]

I top up with castrol edge 

[Saint Steve]

......Whatever your local dealer has on the shelf at the time for its longlife choice.

[lee_]

Coming from hyper-revving Honda's i've always ran fully-synthetic mobil 1,
used in the GTi now for the last 2 changes and it doesn't use a drop! 

[stealthwolf]

Use VW504 approved 5W-30 oil. As long as it's approved to the correct standard, then it doesn't matter which.

FWIW I go with Castrol Edge.

[ub7rm]

Coming from hyper-revving Honda's i've always ran fully-synthetic mobil 1,
used in the GTi now for the last 2 changes and it doesn't use a drop! 

Unless its the mobil 5w-30 ESP its not (or certainly wasn't) approved by VW.

Quantum is rebadged oil from Castrol / Mobil or whoever had the best bid at the time.

[JackG]

I work for VW and the oil we currently use on our services is castrol edge....for long life that is

Jack

[PND]

I work for VW and the oil we currently use on our services is castrol edge....for long life that is

Jack

What do you use for Time and Distance?

[stealthwolf]

All GTIs should be on longlife oil and on Time and Distance servicing.

[PND]

All GTIs should be on longlife oil and on Time and Distance servicing.

We all seem to know that, it's a pity the dealers don't though!

[heavyd]

I'm on a service plan, when I got the car back I found they had put cheap crap in, I questioned it, and they said that longlife oil is only put on on a long life service plan.
For top ups, castrol edge £35 for 4 litres at asda

[JackG]

I work for VW and the oil we currently use on our services is castrol edge....for long life that is

Jack

What do you use for Time and Distance?

Shell, don't hold me to it but I think it's helix 

[ub7rm]

I work for VW and the oil we currently use on our services is castrol edge....for long life that is

Jack

What do you use for Time and Distance?

Shell, don't hold me to it but I think it's helix 

Does this depend on the individual franchise?  I was told by a tech that that the dealers buy a few barrels of bulk oil depending on whatever is cheapest at the time.  Presumably as long as it complys with the appropriate VAG standard the franchise is free to use whatever they like?

[Gene Hunt]

......Whatever your local dealer has on the shelf at the time for its longlife choice.

..............same here. My dealer is selling the Quantum in 5 litre bottles at the moment but still has some top up bottles of Castrol on the shelf.

[JackG]

I work for VW and the oil we currently use on our services is castrol edge....for long life that is

Jack

What do you use for Time and Distance?

Shell, don't hold me to it but I think it's helix 

Does this depend on the individual franchise?  I was told by a tech that that the dealers buy a few barrels of bulk oil depending on whatever is cheapest at the time.  Presumably as long as it complys with the appropriate VAG standard the franchise is free to use whatever they like?

Yes it does, although the brand will use quantum,shell,castrol only
They shouldn't use any other type of oil, depending on the size of stealer you may find they will use the quantum 25l barrels if there not a mega busy garage bu if it's pretty busy like us then we will have to buy 2000 litres of edge and stick it in the  bulk containers out the back