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Offline Jonny H

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Best oil for the GTI
« on: April 08, 2013, 09:41:22 pm »
as you'd expect, my oil light came on. (my fault for not checking sooner but hey) after a quick search i found 5w30 seemed to be popular?

but id like a bit more clarification from the horses mouth

thanks!
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2013, 09:48:18 pm »
Yeap, that's the one!  :happy2:
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2013, 10:02:43 pm »
Most use Castrol edge 5W-30 oil.   :smiley:
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2013, 05:33:51 pm »
cheers boys! fully synthetic yeah?
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2013, 06:22:34 pm »
Yeah castrol edge 5w-30 fully synthetic is fine or if your using the car really hard i.e for track use step it up to an ester synthetic 5w-40 oil for example motul v300 or fuchs 5w-40 .
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2013, 03:49:41 pm »
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2013, 04:57:28 pm »
you will be cheaper buying the genuine vw quantum oil 5w30 long life from tps im sure its about 30 quid for 5litres
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2013, 11:22:37 pm »
Another vote for Catrol Edge 5w-30 :happy2:
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2013, 07:04:01 pm »
Another Castrol Edge 5W-30  :laugh:
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2013, 08:12:58 pm »
That very same oil from ECP was £24 in Costco recently.  :surprised:
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2013, 05:13:16 pm »
Millers Nano Drive CFS 5w40 NT - "best oil for a gti" comment from the guys at statller when i gave them this to change my oil.
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2013, 03:45:50 pm »
Quote from: Hedge on April 14, 2013, 08:12:58 pm
That very same oil from ECP was £24 in Costco recently.  :surprised:

yup was 4 litres though.
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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2013, 03:58:29 pm »
Quote from: welikeaps on April 21, 2013, 03:45:50 pm
Quote from: Hedge on April 14, 2013, 08:12:58 pm
That very same oil from ECP was £24 in Costco recently.  :surprised:

yup was 4 litres though.

But was it FST though?!  :evilgrin:

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Re: Best oil for the GTI
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2013, 04:42:19 pm »
Im using the 5W -30 Castrol Edge as a top up , is that what the dealer uses?
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