Recommended Engine Oil for Cupra 280?

[BillyCool]

I'm looking to do the small service on my 2016 290 Cupra ST, It was meant to be serviced late last year but due to Covid I am been working from home the past year and not using the car at all... like twice a month to just give it a run. So I was in no rush to service it as the oil also looks clean still.

I'm looking to use 5-30w but noticed that you have a choice of long life oil which says to be changed every 2 years?

Oil Link Castrol site

Which one do people use? Normal or long life?

Also read that mk3 are using plastic sump plugs, just checking before I order bits, and it's to dam cold to climb under my to check right now .

Cheers

LL oil is VW 507.00 spec and was meant for those lovely 20,000 mile services. I would never leave oil in a car that long. I use LL 507.00 but change it every 5,000 miles. Car prefers it and as mine is diesel (DPF) I think it's worthwhile.

Just check but I think you can use either. As you have a Cupra I'm sure someone else can give you a more specific answer.

As for sump plugs. My 2014 uses a metal/alloy one. I believe that post-FL use the plastic one.

Also check here as these guys are very good:

Opie Oils - Automotive Fluids, Oils, Parts, Tools

The UK's largest independent supplier of automotive oils, fluid and parts. We've products to suit any vehicle, from full blown Race / Track weapons, to Daily Drivers looking to save money. Plus FREE expert advice & recommendations - OPIE KNOW OILS

www.opieoils.co.uk

 

[Malice19]

LL oil is VW 507.00 spec and was meant for those lovely 20,000 mile services. I would never leave oil in a car that long. I use LL 507.00 but change it every 5,000 miles. Car prefers it and as mine is diesel (DPF) I think it's worthwhile.

Just check but I think you can use either. As you have a Cupra I'm sure someone else can give you a more specific answer.

As for sump plugs. My 2014 uses a metal/alloy one. I believe that post-FL use the plastic one.

Also check here as these guys are very good:

Opie Oils - Automotive Fluids, Oils, Parts, Tools

The UK's largest independent supplier of automotive oils, fluid and parts. We've products to suit any vehicle, from full blown Race / Track weapons, to Daily Drivers looking to save money. Plus FREE expert advice & recommendations - OPIE KNOW OILS

www.opieoils.co.uk

Cheers, yeah gives both options on the Castrol site so can use either but was just wondering what most people went for and why. Thanks i better check under my car when it gets warmer to see if its Metal or plastic plug.

 

[Polly]

WOW Thanks RUMMO and all. I love a good thread on oils tyres etc.
For me it has been a long trawl through various makes [50 years plus] [Castrol monogrades for VW beetles. AGIP for my Alfas etc etc.]

NOW I had an invite to a day out at the Castrol Tech Centre.
Visit to the BP Castrol Technology Centre, Pangbourne.

THATS when my mind and mindset changed. INCERDIBLE facility. I expect they all have one. They even took the PISS out of my recent purchase of CHEAP Edge [not the Titanium version] and belittled me in front of the guests [LOVED IT really HA HA]
So its EDGE all the way now.

 

[RUM4MO]

There is no doubt in my mind that Wakefield Oil Company, which ended up changing it name to Castrol Oils was in the distant past a leader and driver of progress in lubrication design and they do still seem to be one of the "turn to" companies for anyone worldwide requiring advice or a new product.

Now that is good and all for extremely leading edge requirements, 99.9% of us require a less demanding product, while at the same time desiring to buy a product that offer that bit more where relevant, for me, currently Mobil One does that and what really annoyed me in the past was Castrol's arrogance in dictating that their price was "the only price", that was what drove me away from them in the past as I've never ever wanted a free "toy" while paying top whack, every product we buy tends to have a max price in our minds, Castrol might now have moved away from that stance but that means nothing to me now as I will not be buying their engine oils unless they start to stand out head and shoulders above the competition - and as it is a very competitive market place out there, any new requirements are being quickly taken into consideration by all the main players in the premium engine oil market.

Past honours do not mean present success, though I hope that they do keep trying to be as good as some people think they are.

Edit:- my latest "would like to have" feature with engine oil is improved LSPI (Low-Speed Pre-Ignition) packages, that, for no other reason than I have read about its effects on charged direct injection petrol engines, so I do know that it can be an undisclosed issue.