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Thicker oil for remapped car really necessary ?

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grey golfster:
Not sure that "really necessary" is the best way to put it?

For me and many others on here (try doing a search, there are loads of posts on this subject) the issue has been to minimise oil consumption between servicing. ie less top ups.

Changing to the thicker oil , 5-40 almost stops the need for any top ups at all.
Your choice!

gtininja:
5w40 did reduce oil consumption on my car but it didn't stop oil consumption completely.


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pudding:
My Ed30 was using about a litre of 5W30 every 4000 miles before I switch to 5W40.  Not sure what it gets through now, but I check it once a month and it hardly moves.

gtininja:
Yes most people on this forum recommend going from 5w30 to 5w40.


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ducman77:
I'm going to give this one a try!

My wife's bog standard 07 GTI has been using a litre of oil per thousand kilometres for the last 50,000klms :surprised: :scared:  :sad1:

Yes you read that right. I've put more than 50 litres of 5W30 Castrol Edge into my wife's car (in top ups alone) over the last 3 years.

That's €500 worth of oil (well, that's if you buy it in Halfrauds :laugh:)

It's also had circa another 20 odd litres in oil changes. It's a joke.

Car drives perfectly. When I spoke to Volkswagen Ireland about it they simply told me it was "within spec" for that model and to get on with it :chicken:

Frustrating. What a stupid spec that is....

If you want to go on a continental road trip you need to bring a 5ltr of oil with you?
It's like a bloody 2 stroke :signLOL:

My 2005 model AXX doesn't use a drop....

Go figure :smiley:

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