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Offline magicgilbert

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help for a mate td gti 170 best oil
« on: June 10, 2013, 12:37:29 am »
my mates been a bit of a silly tit and not had a service for two years and said the lads on here will know the best, only does 2k a year to be honest but not the point. I'm a bit hands on and said I'd do a service for him but anyone the best oil for the job??

cheers in advance

Danny
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Re: help for a mate td gti 170 best oil
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2013, 04:28:00 am »
You will need VW Spec 504.00/507.00 oils. Generally it's the 5w-30 Fully Synthetic grades you're after such as the Castrol Edge FST 5W-30 or Mobil 1 ESP Formula 5W-30.
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Re: help for a mate td gti 170 best oil
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2013, 05:01:49 am »
Any oil really with which meets 507.00 standards I use Mobil 1 ESP or Motul Specific
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Re: help for a mate td gti 170 best oil
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2013, 08:13:24 am »
Basically it's the same stuff as goes in the GTI. They don't do separate diesel or petrol oils now. Simples
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Re: help for a mate td gti 170 best oil
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2013, 09:52:20 am »
If you have a Local TPS pop in a grab a Quantum Longlife 3 5w30,

spec's are VW504 00/507 00  and these specs are the Most uptodate.

And a cheeky fact is the Oil is made by Castrol so you getting excellant quality oil
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Re: help for a mate td gti 170 best oil
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2013, 04:19:01 pm »
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