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posted on December 27th, 2007 at 07:12 PM |
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What oil for 1.8 turbo 20 valve GTI
Hi all, just wondering what oil people are using in a 1.8 turbo motor, i was getting the car serviced at the dealer but man they charge to much, so
the last service i did my self and bought the oil filter and air filter from VW, i asked what oil they use and they couldn't tell me what oil is
compatible, so i asked how much for 5 litres and they said $22 a litre, no thanks. I ended up using a valvoline product syn guard 5w-40 but now a
service is due so might try another oil. What do you kind people reccomend?
Damo.
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posted on December 27th, 2007 at 07:56 PM |
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Try not to chop and change oils Damo. Not good for the engine or the turbo. I'm a castrol man from way back. Used the old GP50 in all my V8's and
the 1916 in kermit. I would use CASTROL MAGNATEC or CASTROL EDGE SPORT 5W-30 depending on your drive style.
Used Castrol Oils at the 3 workshops i have had the pleasure of being the underbody fitter at.
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posted on December 27th, 2007 at 08:00 PM |
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Not sure if this helps i just went off info given.
http://www.datateck.com.au/lube/mobil_au/
http://www.penritedata.com/au/db/vehiclewizard4_s.php?cid=9&make=VOLKSWAG...
Thats two of a possible ????
Either way it depends on the Garage/workshop on what personal preference to oil's are. Know what i mean??
Full synthetic either way, good luck
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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posted on December 27th, 2007 at 09:37 PM |
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Tazz i am a castrol user also its what vw used back in the day, i bought some castrol edge 5w-30 tonight will use that from now on, i only used the
valvoline last time as no castrol edge available when i was at supercrap last time. Cheers guys.
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posted on December 27th, 2007 at 09:46 PM |
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Glad to help man..
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posted on December 28th, 2007 at 03:31 PM |
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I was at VW today to get a new oil filter and in the display cabinet they had a 1 litre bottle of oil for petrol engines and the oil is 5w-30, they
also had a bottle of oil for diesel cars and guess who makes it, yep Castrol cause it had the castrol logo on it, problem solved.
damo.
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