Engine oil

[Stiggy]

Just checked my oil level & it's below the min indicator on the dipstick. I've had the car from new & it's just done 6000 miles ! No lights on dashboard or anything. Surely this is a lot of oil to hav got thru in sucha short period of time & mileage. Any idea's ?

 

[micky 32]

Well just for the record my vRS 2.0 TFSI was fitted with the longlife oil from the factory. So it has to be the castrol edge 5W 30W 504.00 507.00 oil. The diesels use it also.

I'll keep using this oil because it has good anti wear properties because it's also designed for the PD units that have the high pressure pumps.

 

[Thorgen]

What I've said in some previous thread:

Mainly it depends on the grade of the oil you're about to use. High grade oils are ment to be run in high temperatures and that only happens when you're racing. Basically it means that higher the viscosity rating, thicker the oil is. Thicker the oil, more poorly it can access narrow spaces and can protect the engine when it's cold. So unless you keep your foot down all of the time (which in a Cupra wont make you live very long), you really shouldn't use oils above 5W-XX. On the other hand, you shouldn't use too thin oils like 0W-30 or 0W-20. On high temperatures the oil gets too thin and can't prevent piston rings from touching sylinders.

The 'W'-viscosity value in multigrade oils tells you how flux the oil is in cold temperature and the following digits how thick in hot temperatures. Wider the span, better the oil. I'd have to say the best oil grade for the Cupra would definetely be 5W-50. However, me living in Finland and reaching temperatures -40 degrees celsius and I still have to go places, I'll use 0W-40. My Cupra still has 7000 km for its first oil change, but that's what it is going to get.

Thin oil doesn't equate to good oil! I really wouldn't touch 0W-30 on charged engines. When you're charging lot more air and fuel to a cylinder than in a same size naturally aspirated engine, it will create loads of more heat too.

 

[Gizzer]

I checked on the Castrol site and (for an FR, not a Cupra) it recommends Castrol Edge 5w30. After reading what the differences were between each oil, it seems that Edge 5w30 is especially for VAG engines.

Having said that, when I input my number plate it identified it as a Leon Sport 136/147Kw, whereas I would have expected it to return Leon FR 200/147kw (i think). Even though it got my model slightly wrong, it does still fit that Edge 5w30 makes sense (especially in the UK).

Can a Cupra owner try the same thing on the Castrol site and see what it says for them?

 

[phil3012]

Hmmm comes up with the wrong car for me too...


SEAT

Leon 2.0 FSI, Tiptronic (110KW)

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[bqd]

after I pass first 7500km, I'll go for Motul 300V 5w30...
hoping that my engine don't have any bad production problem...

 

[rpmleon]

Just checked my oil level & it's below the min indicator on the dipstick. I've had the car from new & it's just done 6000 miles ! No lights on dashboard or anything. Surely this is a lot of oil to hav got thru in sucha short period of time & mileage. Any idea's ?

Had my car for nearly a year now and luckily, as an ex Serviceman, I tend to check fluid levels in the car each week (Something you are "required" to do when driving military vehicles). As a result I noted quite quickly that my motor was burning oil. However, a check on this site, and with my dealer revealed that this is usual.

The petrol TFSI DSG FR does tend to use the oil and I (personal opinion of course ) recommend you check and top up regularly (At least once a month )

The oil recommended for the (my) car is Castro Edge 5w-30. About £15 a litre from Halfords. Have just over 9000 miles at the moment and used 2 Litres to date

 

[Sash]

the guys at the service recooment Repsol

 

[ghosty]

is it ok to mix oil, so for example if u dont know what is in the engine currently but top up with say 5w-30 or whatever...?
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[Sash]

is it ok to mix oil, so for example if u dont know what is in the engine currently but top up with say 5w-30 or whatever...?
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ENGINE OIL SHOULD NEVER BE MIXED! you must drain all the system before changing the oil. if you want to top up the oil check if it's the same spec as in the manual!

 

[ghosty]

alright no need to shout. i was just saying if u dont know what oil's currently in there then then there are a few which all meet the manufacturers engine oil spec ..

 

[Michael B]

Im sure it wouldnt do too much damage if say you topped up with a few ml of different but similar spec oil. I've done it myself plenty of times when I didnt have the correct spec to hand.