MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: edd666999 on February 13, 2010, 01:29:19 pm
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My low oil light is on what oil can I buy in warrenty on my gti
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Anything that says VW504/VW507 on it.
Very worrying that your oil light has come on how often do you check it?
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I use castrol edge 5W 30 but it's not cheap. I had to top up twice before my first service, since then i haven't needed to top the oil up.
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Which isn't guna b found at a service station is it :(
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you can get Vag rated synthetic oils at halfords for not to much money,
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Yea I'm on my way to brighton so no idea where 2get it
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You get the oil in some service stations. Like Mobil1 ESP formula, has vw 504 written on the back uswel.
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you can get the castrol 5w30 fsi oil at halfords 1 l is £14 .99 though
ive had 3 cars now with the 2.0 tfsiengine and non of them ever used a drop of oil !!!!!! get it checked out :happy2:
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Best bet buy it your local dealer, works out cheaper to buy 5 litres for £31 then buy £15 for 1 litre.
Mine uses around 2 litres of oil between services. Depending whether you" Drive the car and enjoy it or fanny around doing no more the 2000rpm and not using the Turbo :wink:
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VW have now changed over from Castrol to Shell for the oil iirc so you will be able to pop into a Shell garage and pick some of the Helix 504.00/507.00 stuff, i got some the other day for £18 :happy2:
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£18 for a litre bottle Beddie? or 5 litres?
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For a litre Steve! :surprised:
Luckily i was buying it on behalf of someone, i've still got my stash of Costco Castrol Edge when it was £3 a litre in the shed! :wink:
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For a litre Steve! :surprised:
Luckily i was buying it on behalf of someone, i've still got my stash of Costco Castrol Edge when it was £3 a litre in the shed! :wink:
Bedford, Me, You, Sandys... :party:
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For a litre Steve! :surprised:
Luckily i was buying it on behalf of someone, i've still got my stash of Costco Castrol Edge when it was £3 a litre in the shed! :wink:
Bedford, Me, You, Sandys... :party:
PMSL! See ya there tomorrow :laugh:
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For a litre Steve! :surprised:
Luckily i was buying it on behalf of someone, i've still got my stash of Costco Castrol Edge when it was £3 a litre in the shed! :wink:
Bedford, Me, You, Sandys... :party:
PMSL! See ya there tomorrow :laugh:
Love it :jumpmove: Take it easy :happy2:
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For a litre Steve! :surprised:
Luckily i was buying it on behalf of someone, i've still got my stash of Costco Castrol Edge when it was £3 a litre in the shed! :wink:
Bedford, Me, You, Sandys... :party:
PMSL! See ya there tomorrow :laugh:
Love it :jumpmove: Take it easy :happy2:
You too chief, have a top night! and if you cant be good, be careful.. :wink:
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This just happened to me and I shoved 10 w 40 Total muck in. to get me the 15 miles home. Should I have this changed immediately?
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If my car was serviced at 25000miles and I have now done 28500 miles would u expect my engine to empty its self of oil?
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NO !
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I'm going to ring the dealer 2moz not happy.
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I'm going to ring the dealer 2moz not happy.
they either didnt top it up or you have a fault somewhere. Be aware though that 2.0TFSI do seem to like a bit of oil every now and again, but your case is extreme
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I bought the gti apparently having just had its 2nd service. I was told that during the service it got new disks and pads. I was also told that the car had fvwsh. I got the car with 1 key a replacement service book with history of the service they just did that has brake fluid writen above it. 1000miles later (the time it would have been due its 2nd service had it not already just had one) it started telling me service now. Then a further 2500miles my car is void of all oil. I might be a idiot here and not understand this car fully but I have never driven anything that can empty itsself that quickly...in my mind its either a leek caused by not putting like sump or filter bk on correcly or my service never happened. And coz I or vw have no record of the 1st service I don't even know if its ever been changed!
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Its about 1 litre of oil from full mark on the dipstick to the bottom.Vw will tell you that theres nothing wrong if theres no leaks or emmisions are ok. These boys that say theres dont burn a single drop of oil, dont drive the cars hard enough :wink:. 2+ litres between service schedules isnt unheard of.Unless its pushing blue smoke out the back, down on bhp, oil in the engine cooling expansion tank, then i wouldnt worry. At least its keeping semi fresh oil in between services :wink:
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If my car was serviced at 25000miles and I have now done 28500 miles would u expect my engine to empty its self of oil?
No, but I would have also checked it in 3500 miles myself. :innocent:
PS. Its the round orange thing that sits on the front of the engine.
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Yes I'm fully aware that I should have checked my oil.
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How much oil does your car typically consume between long life services?
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How much oil does your car typically consume between long life services?
When I bought my car the first owner had it on Longlife servicing (every 2yrs) and I got it changed over to the Time and distance service ( I think that is what it is called :ashamed: basically every year for me)
Since my second service last March I have topped up just over a litre of Castrol edge. I am on my second 1L bottle now, and that will def last till the next service in March 2011.
I would say I use approx 1.5L every year, so I guess on Longlife (2yrs), I would expect to top 3L between services :ashamed:
I can't say for sure though mate.
I just try to remember to check the oil and tyre pressures every 1-2 months. :happy2: