Whats the best Oil to use for the GTi ?

[VeeDubDan]

I bought 5 litres from VW a few months back for topping up it's 5W-40, and just had a service this week and received a 1 litre bottle of 5W-30.  Not sure how these line up under the VW gradings.

From memory one of the original VW grades in the manual has been discontinued, but can't recall if its 502 or 504?!

[Garth]

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?

You're kidding right? Have you seen the tolerances from VW on oil consumption? They're MASSIVE. My cousin bought a new beetle a few years ago and it was drinking about a litre of oil every month. She complained and 2 VW dealers told her 'that's within expected tolerances'.  

The tolerance for a mk5 R32 according to the dealer is 1 litre of oil every 600 miles. That's a hell of a lot of oil!

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

Just to make sure, are the oil specs 502/504/507?

[Rich]

I've done 6,700 miles since getting the Pirelli 


As soon as the Oil light came on, i filled her up. She was low 


What is the best Oil for my Pirelli then ?

Castrol Edge 5w\30  ?


Would like to know and i shall get some and fill her fully up - only put 1 litre in yesterday, had very little money on me.

Since i've put this Castrol Edge OW-40, is it recommended i use the same Oil or is it still OK to use, lets say - i.e Mobil 1 OW-40 ?


Thanks

[candy turbo]

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?

You're kidding right? Have you seen the tolerances from VW on oil consumption? They're MASSIVE. My cousin bought a new beetle a few years ago and it was drinking about a litre of oil every month. She complained and 2 VW dealers told her 'that's within expected tolerances'.  

The tolerance for a mk5 R32 according to the dealer is 1 litre of oil every 600 miles. That's a hell of a lot of oil!

my last 3 cars have had the 2.0 tfsi  and none of them ever used a drop 

[animal]

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?

You're kidding right? Have you seen the tolerances from VW on oil consumption? They're MASSIVE. My cousin bought a new beetle a few years ago and it was drinking about a litre of oil every month. She complained and 2 VW dealers told her 'that's within expected tolerances'.  

The tolerance for a mk5 R32 according to the dealer is 1 litre of oil every 600 miles. That's a hell of a lot of oil!

my last 3 cars have had the 2.0 tfsi  and none of them ever used a drop 

That sounds more like it. Just because tolerances are (apparently...) silly doesn't mean you should not be concerned when it does drop quite low relatively quickly. It doesn't rule out a holed-sump or ruptured line.


That said, even if the tolerances are silly, it wouldn't be an issue if you kept a regular eye on it.

[Hedge]

What is the best Oil for my Pirelli then ?

Castrol Edge 5w\30  ?

Whatever your owners manual says. 

[Rich]

What is the best Oil for my Pirelli then ?

Castrol Edge 5w\30  ?

Whatever your owners manual says. 

I was reading for 10 mins through my owners manual and all i could find was We Recommend Castol... but it didnt say specifically which one

[DanGB]

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

Is that 502 or 507 spec??

504 and 507 and exceeds all other standards :)

[Garth]

my last 3 cars have had the 2.0 tfsi  and none of them ever used a drop 

Out of my last 15 cars, only 1 has ever needed a top up between services 
That was a Saxo VTS with a big leak on the cylinder head.

I do check regularly, I think I have just been lucky 

[gazbutS3]

[/quote]my last 3 cars have had the 2.0 tfsi  and none of them ever used a drop 
[/quote]

funny that me too  , and none of them have used any oil

[candy turbo]

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

Is that 502 or 507 spec??

504 and 507 and exceeds all other standards :)

castrol do a special oil for vw /audi  which helps with the pcv / dirty valves thing , i read up about this and changed to it straight away and plan to change the oil now every 6 months

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

Which one is this?  Does it have a name?

[candy turbo]

castrol edge 5w30 for vw / audi  engines , it has been designed for fsi , funny though vw or audi service dont use it unless you ask !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

What do they use instead?