Whats the best Oil to use for the GTi ?

[Rich]

HI,

I had the oil light come on today in Manchester, so i stopped and bought some Castrol EDGE OW 40 i think it was ?


Whats the best oil to use please ?

[Ifti]

Im sure I have Castrol Edge 5w30.
Will double check when I get home.

[Hedge]

Pretty much anything as long as it says VW504/507 on the side.

[NEWEY]

castrol edge 5w\30 for me

[MAT ED30]

that takes some crazy low oil ie empty to put the light on 

[stevie_p]

that takes some crazy low oil ie empty to put the light on 

i was told if you wait for the light to come on you have left it too late

[Top Cat]

HI,

I had the oil light come on today in Manchester, so i stopped and bought some Castrol EDGE OW 40 i think it was ?


Whats the best oil to use please ?

Rich how often do you check your oil 

[VC]

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[candy turbo]

if your car has used all its oil i would be seriously concerned , get it back to the dealers 

[bacillus]

if your car has used all its oil i would be seriously concerned , get it back to the dealers 

I suspect he never regularly ventures under the bonnet to check fliud levels hence the problem.

[animal]

HI,

I had the oil light come on today in Manchester, so i stopped and bought some Castrol EDGE OW 40 i think it was ?


Whats the best oil to use please ?

You should be ok with 0w-40 but it is not adviseable to just shove any old oil in without checking its specification. You were lucky this time, although 40 weight might be a tad too viscous for the your engine (1.4 TSI IIRC?). You must make sure that what ever you top up with meets or exceeds VW's specs or you'll potentially be looking at some premature wear and/or expensive damage.

The light coming on is not good, it might be worth while getting into better (weekly) habits in terms of your under bonnet checks - especially with a tuned engine! Run that turbo dry and you'll be in all sorts of trouble.

After spending all that money on the body work, it would be criminal to let the engine go because it's run dry. I'd also be a little concerned as to why a fairly new engine is using so much oil too. When was it last serviced?

[Hedge]

@ animal as per Rich's sig he has a Pirelli now. 

[animal]

@ animal as per Rich's sig he has a Pirelli now. 

Oops, missed that!

[DanGB]

I use halfords VW spec 5W30 in a 2 litre bottle for my top ups (plenty of them!) 

[bacillus]

I use halfords VW spec 5W30 in a 2 litre bottle for my top ups (plenty of them!) 

Is that 502 or 507 spec??