Use of long life oil in the GTI - THE opposite viewpoint !

[Cass]

5 minutes phoning round though and another VAG specialist does say something similar.
And just because others haven't come across problems, doesn't mean they don't exist.
It's the sort of thing that probably won't be obvious until something goes bang.

Nothing conclusive though, but maybe food for thought.
Subject closed I think.

Agreed Brad,

I had a similar experience when owning a Porsche - well known engine issues/repairs were regularly attended to by independent specialists however Porsche used to simply replace the engines complete if under warranty/extended warranty - if you didn't have that you had to pay up yourself All engines were shipped back to the factory and Porsche refused to acknowledge any design fault or engage in a recall. The dealers were tight lipped but at least the independents would tell it like it is/was. May still be early days for the Mk V GTI but as you say, you won't know until something goes bang. Worth keeping the warranty and main dealer servicing up to date

Cass

[TeddyKGB]

i have just had mine serviced and like the OP was warned about longlife so did not opt for the longlife stuff this time - instead they have apparently put in mobil 1 10/40 ? Is this right? if so whats the exact stuff I need to keep spare (just in case) ?

[R32UK]

I just had mine serviced at 21k (first service) with long life oil. Everything seems fine to me

[dustybones]

Personally I recon that a lot of the problems that are attributed to the use of longlife oil. Are more due to the fact that people go onto the LL service regime but dont use the vehicle in the manner that its supposed to be used for when on the LL regime.

Me - I do a lot of short stop start journeys, so its on the time and distance deal. But if I blasted up and down motorways all day, then it would deffo be LL. thus if folks listened to what VW have spent a bucket of cash in R&D and followed the correct servicing recommendations there would be a lot less "percieved faults"

cheers

[2007GTI]

but then who keeps a car for 8 years or 80,000 miles, im not going to loose sleep over it. 

[MAT ed30]

i have just had my 3rd service at 28k  and the vw dealer said y has your car got long life oil in it as its on a 10k service not the 20k service so you have been ripped off on your last service  so they think as i got the oil cheap  so if u are on 10k service make sure they dont put longlife oil in as there is no point and you are being ripped off

[R32UK]

Whats the price difference between LL oil and the cheaper stuff???

[TagnuT]

Whats the price difference between LL oil and the cheaper stuff???

I had a 10k service but requested the LL oil. There was only about £5 to £8 in it as far as I can remember.

[plowy]

every car i've owned in the last 10 years or so i have dropped the oil  and used Mobil 1 10/40, i shall do the same with the GTI in a few weeks, it's done 14k now and is on the LL service plan, i have no doubt like every other car i've done it with the GTI will run better with Mobil 1 and give an slight mpg increase too.

[TeddyKGB]

every car i've owned in the last 10 years or so i have dropped the oil  and used Mobil 1 10/40, i shall do the same with the GTI in a few weeks, it's done 14k now and is on the LL service plan, i have no doubt like every other car i've done it with the GTI will run better with Mobil 1 and give an slight mpg increase too.

Isn't it called super S now? Can't find Mobil 1 in 10w/40 form