BUYING OIL, SOME BASIC ADVICE FROM OPIE OILS.

[Flying Haggis]

Hi,

Just wondering what to use to top up the GTI? The oil lid suggests Castrol?
The car has done 3k and 2 of those 3 have been motorway cruises.

What do you think I should use?

Cheers

[danny_p]

do you do have any oils that are compatable with methanol / nitromethane fuels     something like a 10/50 w

for a high revving & output NA sprint/autotest/hillclimb engine

[RichardBaronGolf]

Hi there Oilman!

I have a Golf mk3 Gti 2.0 16v, When I go on to Eurocarparts and enter my reg they only recommend fully synthetic oils. I want to service my car soon but have been told that using a fully synthetic oil in an old engine is not good for it and where possible a semi synthetic oil should be used.

Is there any truth in this? And if there were how would I know what semi synthetic to choose?

Thank you in advance!

[Youknowsit]

Have just done some reading up and was trying to decide which gearbox oil would be best between the Redline MTL and the MT90? It's for a 1991 8v, with just the slightest hint of stiffness in 1st and 2nd when really cold.

[madgemad]

What's the best oil and the best economy oil for my Golf mk4 tdi y reg?

[itavaltalainen]

well, which TDI??? engine code?

there are some that have very specific needs (Pumpe Düse)...... those need vw spec 505.01 which are primarily 5w40 (there are some 5w30 oils as well but they tend to be low ash and more expensive than good 5w40 oils with 505.01).

despite the missing info you can use 5w40 with 505.01 spec for all diesels in the mk4 (assuming no LL)

[oilman]

As above, VW505.01 5w-40, all these are approved http://www2.opieoils.co.uk/c-751-vw-50501-oil.aspx

Cheers

Guy

[oilman]

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[jonathan_phang]

Hi Oilman,

recently got a MK6 Golf GTD, and looking for some engine oil. What specification oil would be fine for it? I've had a look at the information page on your website for VW oils, and not sure which out of them would apply.

505.01 seems to be the only one that is on fixed service intervals, though not sure if a specific spec is needed for CR diesels with DPFs.

I typically get Castrol Edge, but unsure of whether to get 5w30, which supports 504/507 , or Turbo Diesel 5W40, which supports 505/505/505.01

I would have thought it would be the 5W40 version as thats diesel specific, but most online checkers seem to point to 5W30?

Can I have some advice on which would be suitable?

Thanks,
Jonny

[itavaltalainen]

as it has dpf only option is 5w30 with 504.00/507.00

for top up you'd be ok with a c3 oil though... think the manual allows you to add a max of 0.5l of that as it's low ash irrespective of viscosity

but if you have to buy some then go for 5w30 504/507