Which Oil for Remapped engine?

[Toxic]

Guys need to pick ya brains, if anyone has any

I have read on a few forums now about changing the spec of oil if the engine of your car is remapped. what do you think?

at present my 2.0 TDI Altea is running on Quantum Platinum. however the Altea FR (170bhp)which is basically the same engine with a remap uses Quantum Longlife.

Since my TDI 140bhp is remapped to approx 170 or over should I be thinking of changing the Oil spec to Longlife also?

Any thoughts would be welcome.

 

[glynnd]

I am going to do exactly what you propose on my next service.
Glynn

 

[Viking]

Longlife oil for me at every service aswell. That's what VW Audi give all diesel engines also, regardless of type or service regime.

 

[Husbandofstinky]

I'll be using the Millers XFE-PD on the next service following the results of Chris' analysis

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=162637&page=8

I think it'll be a very good idea to PM him as he knows his stuff on oil (its his job)

 

[seremotors]

Think Viking's comment is very relevant. Most new VW's use Longlife 3 irrespective of bhp.
The term 'longlife' is a bit misleading as my FR uses it but is still on 10k service intervals - the important quality of this oil is that is does not break down over mileage in the same way standard PD does. Hence longer intervals on most cars, or better protection on higher performance cars over a 10k period

 

[Toxic]

cheers for your thoughts guys.

 

[Toxic]

Think Viking's comment is very relevant. Most new VW's use Longlife 3 irrespective of bhp.
The term 'longlife' is a bit misleading as my FR uses it but is still on 10k service intervals - the important quality of this oil is that is does not break down over mileage in the same way standard PD does. Hence longer intervals on most cars, or better protection on higher performance cars over a 10k period

just on thought on this David. Quantum PD oil is now Quantum Platinum whcih can also be used for TFSI engines aparently. has the specs of this oil change in conparison to the PD oil?

 

[Toxic]

Ahhhh found some specs on the oils here:

Quantum Longlife III

Quantum PD Oil

Quantum Platinum

Reference on Quantum oils is here: Quantum Oil ref guide Spec Sheet A4

More on Quantum oils can be got here: http://www.thetradepartsspecialists.co.uk/flash/quantum/quantumOils.html