Topping up Coolant / Oil etc

[fez2013]

Hey guys,

I've got a 2011 plate 1.4 Ibiza SportRider. I've had it around 11 months but, only done around 5000 miles in this time.. Its currently got 15k on the clock in total..

I'm absolutely useless when it comes to cars... I've read on here they can be quite oil thirsty? I've never topped mine up in the 11 months i've had it.. Although I've only done 5000 miles in it. But still probably a good idea I checked this...

Wondered what coolant & oil people recommended for the Ibiza for topping up the levels?

Thanks everyone

 

[DEAN0]

Hey guys,

I've got a 2011 plate 1.4 Ibiza SportRider. I've had it around 11 months but, only done around 5000 miles in this time.. Its currently got 15k on the clock in total..

I'm absolutely useless when it comes to cars... I've read on here they can be quite oil thirsty? I've never topped mine up in the 11 months i've had it.. Although I've only done 5000 miles in it. But still probably a good idea I checked this...

Wondered what coolant & oil people recommended for the Ibiza for topping up the levels?

Thanks everyone

Anything to the manufacturers spec will do.

The coolant is longlife G13 on the MK5 so make sure you get G13 spec coolant.

Oil type & spec will be in your owners manual.

 

[fez2013]

Anything to the manufacturers spec will do.

The coolant is longlife G13 on the MK5 so make sure you get G13 spec coolant.

Oil type & spec will be in your owners manual.

Thank you

 

[RUM4MO]

I would not bank on the 1.4 16V 85PS engine needing to get fed with oil regularly. One thing though, measuring the oil level on some of these engines is a black art!! I thought it was only an issue with the older 1.4 16V 75PS engines but it seems a bit tricky in the early 1.2 3 cylinder engines as well. So, one way of doing it correctly, after a run, so that the oil is hot, stop car, wait maybe 10 minutes, remove dipstick and wipe clean, refit dipstick, wait 5 minutes, remove dipstick and read level of oil off it. Now if you wait a while longer the oil will have crept up the dipstick to the extent that if you leave it 24 hours the indicated level will be very very high - but wrong. VAG made a mess of that! Oil to use, 5W-30 or 5W-40 to the correct VAG spec taken from the owners manual - fully synthetic of course!

Car should not need much in the way of coolant topping up, maybe a little to lift the level back up to the joint/seam point once or twice a year, either use neat G13 or dilute it to a 50%-50% solution.

Check the brake fluid level and the power steering level "now and again" neither should need topping up, though a drop in brake fluid level should only indicate friction material wear - brake fluid should get replaced every two years after "year three".