Engine Oil - Discussion..

[Jay20VT]

Hi Peeps,

Have a question regarding engine oil. When I got my car serviced last I asked them to ensure they use genuine SEAT parts to keep warranty happy. Now, when I asked about what engine oil I should use he showed me a gallon of Furchs Titan and said that oils like Duckhams and Castrol Magnatec is all a gimmick and as long as the engine oil is the correct grade then its fine.

However, on further investigation I found out that there is a spec that VW quote and as long as the oil adhere's top this oil spec then its fine. Just wanted to get your thoughts..

 

[Willie]

Fully synthetic is the way to go, magnatec is partially synthetic
I use Millars and so do most people with 'performance' cars
Never had a problem and been recommended this by many peoples who drive all sorts of cars

 

[sureal]

Yep Id use a fully synthetic with the VW spec number for your car, they are confusing though vw503.00 for engines up to 180bhp and vw503.01 for over 180bhp and that just petrol models, Ijust got some Motul 8100 (503.01) from the oilman(hes on here do a search) its meant to be good stuff.

 

[andyj]

I used Fuchs Titan Supersynth Oil when I did the oil change on my LCR recently

I used the fully synth stuff, 5w-30 I think it was

I meets all the VAG specs, and is sold by GSF instead of Quantum now

 

[ChrisGTL]

Fully synthetic is the way to go, magnatec is partially synthetic
I use Millars and so do most people with 'performance' cars
Never had a problem and been recommended this by many peoples who drive all sorts of cars

Another happy Millers user! Good lad! Which one do you use out of intetrest? I take it you drive a petrol?

Seat have just done me a free service (as per my thread) and have used the VAG branded oil which in my case is a 5/40.

Fully synthetic oils are known to burn off quicker than mineral based oils but synthetic is a much cleaner more refined product. However a good mineral oil (shell) is a top quality product taken from the ground.

 

[Willie]

Another happy Millers user! Good lad! Which one do you use out of intetrest? I take it you drive a petrol?

Seat have just done me a free service (as per my thread) and have used the VAG branded oil which in my case is a 5/40.

Fully synthetic oils are known to burn off quicker than mineral based oils but synthetic is a much cleaner more refined product. However a good mineral oil (shell) is a top quality product taken from the ground.

What ever Star performance put in

 

[ChrisGTL]

Oh

I may have formualatted your oil

It could well be the CFS 5/40 if your using a full synthetic from Millers.

 

[Willie]

You an oil baron then?
Take it you work for Millars
Manage to get the boys a cheap deal on it?
I'm going to service my car myself this year and am going to change oil, drive car for 1 day or so then change oil again with filter and stuff.
What Millars product do you recommend then?

 

[ChrisGTL]

You an oil baron then?
Take it you work for Millars
Manage to get the boys a cheap deal on it?
I'm going to service my car myself this year and am going to change oil, drive car for 1 day or so then change oil again with filter and stuff.
What Millars product do you recommend then?

I recommend anything by Millers But I would say that wouldn't I?

I recommend Diesel Power Sport 4 , 30-40% of the reason I bought a Diesel for my next (current) car. It's like a magic genie liquid in a bottle!!

The PW11 waxfilm is very good for protecting the underneath of your cars, including wheel arch's. The 'wash and wax' car shampoo is another product I'm very fond of.

We shop in the same market place as the big boys, therefor produce an almost identical product - apart from end user prices

I can ask about getting discount prices for SCN members but I'd need to approach sales with some sort of numbers for people interested in buying from us. I don't want to start a poll or go bugging people because I'm not here to sell owt, i'm here to drool over nice Leons/Cupras!

Even without a discount you will still save big bucks for a quality lubricant.

 

[Willie]

What was that you said.......save money
Everybody loves the ring of that two words. If you don't want to advertise but can help me out please PM me, If its only biggish orders I'm sure we can sort something out

 

[ChrisG]

Chaps, can someone clarify something please about the oil specs for a Cupra.

I thought the 503.0 and 503.1 oils were only for those on variable services? For fixed 10k services I thought the spec was VW 502.0?

cheers

Chris

 

[pj1985]

Id be interested in a discount on millers oil

 

[Sulli]

On the LCR I just changed to Castrol Edge 5w30, fully synthetic, and it's up to the new higher specification VW/Audi 504.00 and 507.00 (I think, from memory) - it's like liquid gold

 

[GREY 225]

Cant help but wonder if all this vw specification stuff is just a load of rubbish really,why cant car makers just specify the grade and quality for there engines,all this vw 500 ,501 etc means what,engine oil manufacturers have used 2 standards for oil for years and its alot easier to understand.
I use mobil 1 in my LCR 0w-40,it does meet the vw spec for that engine but even if it didnt i would use it anyway,i used it in my fabia VRS even though it didnt meet the so called vw specification,one dealer said"you cant use that oil with the vw derv engines",really,i have since it was new for 50k changing it at 10k intervals,doesnt hardly use any oil and its never missed a beat and runs as sweet as a nut.If its good enough for mclaren F1 and the like its good enough for me vw standard or not.

 

[Sulli]

In the end there's no substitute for regular oil changes. Use mediocre oil and change every 3-5k you'll be fine, use good quality and change every 10k, you'll be fine. In fact, with todays engines, a simple oil change every 20k miles will probably see most of our 20Vts running easily past 200k miles. I choose to use a good quality oil and change regularly, though i'd probably be OK with a cheaper one.

 

[D.K]

So how long time wise would you leave changing the oil.
I'v only done 5k in 12 months. I used VALVOLINE 5W 50 fully synthetic last time

 

[GREY 225]

So how long time wise would you leave changing the oil.
I'v only done 5k in 12 months. I used VALVOLINE 5W 50 fully synthetic last time

Think you have to change oil every year regardless of if youve done less than milage change interval.Think it says change every10k or yearly,which ever comes first.I change mine every 5000 miles cos its not standard anymore,running more boost so engine/components are under higher stress.