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Offline craig_t

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Oil change?
« on: March 02, 2012, 09:18:50 pm »
How much oil does the gti need/take? Just brought 4l of castrol edge today ready for the oil change tomorrow, will it be enough?

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Re: Oil change?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 09:22:22 pm »
Not quite, i seem to remember it being 4.2L. or 4.1  :happy2:
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Re: Oil change?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 09:23:34 pm »
Quote from: craig_t on March 02, 2012, 09:18:50 pm
How much oil does the gti need/take? Just brought 4l of castrol edge today ready for the oil change tomorrow, will it be enough?

No!
You need ~4.8 litres when you change filter.  :smiley:
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Re: Oil change?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2012, 09:30:41 pm »
around 4.5 litres is what i put in make sure u dont go over the max line on the dip stick
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Re: Oil change?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2012, 09:31:28 pm »
Ok cheers guys,

Lucky i brought a 1l bottle a while back to top up with. Pretty sure iv hardly used any of that.
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Re: Oil change?
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2012, 09:36:22 pm »
Quote from: bacillus on March 02, 2012, 09:23:34 pm
Quote from: craig_t on March 02, 2012, 09:18:50 pm
How much oil does the gti need/take? Just brought 4l of castrol edge today ready for the oil change tomorrow, will it be enough?

No!
You need ~4.8 litres when you change filter.  :smiley:

Yup  :happy2:
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