MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 10:50:46 am: Guys

Sunday at the pod my oil light came on,Quick as a flash a member on here ,sorry name escapes me,borrowed me enough to carry on.
Since coming home I've been stuck in the office from 7am till late.
Thing is the oil light is on again,I,m at work,its snowing really bad and I cant escape to my local dealers 25 miles away.
There are some local garages nearby,(Esso etc).I dont want to use their off the shelf stuff but I,ve got no choice.

What do I need for my GTI?

Cheers in anticipation

Gulf
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: WhiteGTI on February 05, 2009, 10:54:15 am: If it has this written on it:

5w30

504.00/507.00

If they have the Castrol Edge stuff then you will be fine.

Mobil 1 offer the same oil, but the Castrol is considered better due to a number of reasons.

But as a temporary fix, the Mobil would be fine.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 11:06:38 am: Cheers dude.Printed and ready to go.

Its really bad here and just know I wont get to the dealers..

Gulf
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: vRStu on February 05, 2009, 11:08:03 am: Shell also do one for VAG Engines that's normally on the shelves in the fourcourts mate.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 11:11:18 am: Cheers Stu... I have a texaco nearby or a BP 7 miles away..The nearest Shell is near the dealers anyways.

Gulf
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: vRStu on February 05, 2009, 11:14:32 am: I suspect Chavfords will have it as well if nearby.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 11:28:05 am: Miles away is Chavfords... Thanks tho... Going Texaco 1st then if they dont have what I want BP....

Gulf
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: WhiteGTI on February 05, 2009, 11:29:21 am: BP have a partnership with Castrol, so they should sell the Castrol stuff! :happy2:
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: stealthwolf on February 05, 2009, 12:52:31 pm: Castrol SLX Professional Powerflow Longlife III 5W-30

That's what it says on the bottle I bought from the dealers.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 01:15:55 pm: Righto,this is what I have.

1st garage...Total..... farmers garage had naff all.

2nd garage... Marshalls only deal in bulk and TBH looked like he,d would,nt have what I need ed anyways.

3rd Garage.. Esso A1 services.. All they had was Mobil Super S 10W-40 semi synthetic very high performance.

I bought it,I hope it works..You probably guess by now I have a man do my work on the motors.. :ashamed:
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: Greeners on February 05, 2009, 01:49:30 pm: Quote from: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 10:50:46 am
Guys

Sunday at the pod my oil light came on,Quick as a flash a member on here ,sorry name escapes me,borrowed me enough to carry on.Since coming home I've been stuck in the office from 7am till late.
Thing is the oil light is on again,I,m at work,its snowing really bad and I cant escape to my local dealers 25 miles away.
There are some local garages nearby,(Esso etc).I dont want to use their off the shelf stuff but I,ve got no choice.

What do I need for my GTI?

Cheers in anticipation

Gulf

Twas I :wink:

To be honest I didn't know who you were at the time and had to ask someone after the event! :grin:
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: gulfstream11 on February 05, 2009, 03:07:20 pm: Nice one dude...Once again I go to a meet and never know anyone...I think this forum needs a pub meet.

Thnx for the top up..Have,nt been able to get to the dealers yet but service is due...

Gulf
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: johntheboy on October 25, 2012, 02:50:12 pm: Hi People,

Hate to dig uyp an old thread but didnt want to start a new one. Kind of in a bind myself. Had the oil light come on too and need a quick top up. There was some 5w30 'carlube' oil in Morrisons and wasnt sure if this would be ok for a top up or if I should be using another brand for my GTi? I've kept the receipt but either way I'm ok. Also if anyones got any idea how much I should put in for a top up please let me know!

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: Tortaruga on October 25, 2012, 03:11:52 pm: Better to put Morrisons oil in than have it running low, don't worry about it.
It took one litre recently for me to top up from the low marker to the high marker on the dipstick. So you'll need more than that to get to max. Just add say a quarter litre at a time and check the level as you don't want to go too much over, if at all.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: Tortaruga on October 25, 2012, 03:13:25 pm: When you do a full oil change put some fully synthetic in. It should meet VW 504-507 specification.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: johntheboy on October 25, 2012, 03:49:25 pm: Thanks for the help, the stuff I've bought is fully synthetic. Can someone tell me what the difference is between fully and part synthetic please?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: Hurdy on October 25, 2012, 07:16:45 pm: Part synthetic degrades faster as it contains mineral oil as well as synthetic. It also will not take kindly to the higher temperatures that a high performance engine will subject it to. It is okay in the short term, but even VW has moved away from part synthetic for the GTI.
Title: Re: Kinds stuck,need assistance.
Post by: stealthwolf on October 25, 2012, 07:44:33 pm: Have a read: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=65779.0