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This is a discussion on TDI Oil? within the Maintenance & Performance forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; Hullo With my planned 40K self-service coming up I need to start thinking about the type of oil to use. ...
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05-03-2004, 13:07
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| TDI Oil? Hullo With my planned 40K self-service coming up I need to start thinking about the type of oil to use. Looking back over my last car's dealer service bills they used Magnatec oil at my 20K service, but some much more expensive (£10+ a litre!) "SLX" oil (no brand mentioned) So, the Q is what's the best oil to use (10K intervals) for the price and where's the best place to source 5 litres from?  
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05-03-2004, 13:10
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| I use Castrol GTD magnatec in my Fabia vRS, and can get 1 gallon (which is the same as the engnie) for 15 squid. If you know anyone who is a cash and carry member (ie costco and macro) have a look round there to see what they have and how much it is.
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| Isn't SLX also a Castrol oil?
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05-03-2004, 13:18
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| I think you're right Adrian I do have the ability to "source" a Makro card so will take a look there sometime too. I guess as long as I look out for GTD magnatec that should be OK. Is there some kind of special grade I should look out for if I'm somewhere that isn't a GTD magnatec stockist?
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05-03-2004, 13:28
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| Look in the manual (or on this website) for the VAG oil spec and any oil with this on the back would be suitable. The oil I got was 5-30 or 5-40 as Costco don't sell the 0-30 version (if it is made at all), haven't had any problems over the last 4000 miles so it's ok by my book 
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05-03-2004, 13:29
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| OH and SLX is a castrol oil.
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| I use Castrol SLX LongLife II as its the only oil that i can find with the grade 505 01/506 01. Its damn dear stuff too at £13 a litre from Halfords  |
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05-03-2004, 17:14
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| I found suprisingly that 1l of 0W30 oil from my Skoda Dealer was cheaper than Halfords £11.40 I think better than Halfords... |
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05-03-2004, 17:25
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| Originally it was just the SLXII that was most widely available and that met the spec for longlife servicing. However, I remember seeing somewhere that there were other oils that were now available that met the spec (IIRC one of the Shell Helix oils). This might bring the price down a bit.
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05-03-2004, 21:46
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| Remember 40,000 miles is cambelt time.
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05-03-2004, 21:50
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| ross i thought it was 60k on most of the vag engines but 40k on some of the earlyer disels.
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05-03-2004, 21:51
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| All PD engines are 40k.
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| Well they are on VW and SEAT. But Skoda may well be different. We need clarification as the owners manuals are as clear as mud!
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06-03-2004, 00:07
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As for the Oil, I have a 1 litre bottle in my Garage that was bought from Skoda as it was cheaper than Halfords etc. It says on the bottle Esso Ultron, For high performance engines.... You gotta love it 
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06-03-2004, 00:28
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| HI Jason Miller oils do an oil specifically for the PD engines (Not for extended service interval use) and is approved by VAG. See there web site for details and local stockists. http://www.millersoils.net/ I am currnetly useing it for top ups. Costs abou £20 for 5 litres Dougal |
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