Which oil to use?
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Which oil to use?
Hi,
Which oil should I use on my Golf 5 1.6.
Shell synthetic
Castrol synthetic as prescribed by VW.
Which oil should I use on my Golf 5 1.6.
Shell synthetic
Castrol synthetic as prescribed by VW.
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Re: Which oil to use?
Well I use Shell Helix Ultra 5W40 fully synthetic in my Golf 4 GTI 1.8T 132KW
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Re: Which oil to use?
Well a VW502.00 is what you need in a full synthetic.
I recommend she'll ultra or Motul x-clean works wonders!
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Re: Which oil to use?
tx, shell it is then.
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Re: Which oil to use?
Check your manual for the correct grade/specification oil and then go from there. I like the Shell range of oils, use them in all my cars, differing grades of course...
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Re: Which oil to use?
tx Neuk, will do.Neuk wrote:Check your manual for the correct grade/specification oil and then go from there. I like the Shell range of oils, use them in all my cars, differing grades of course...
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Re: Which oil to use?
There is also a Castrol Edge F/S 5W40 and Total Quartz 9000 F/S 10W50, I guess it depends on personal taste. They would not manufacture those if it did not meet manufacturer's specifications so I think Shell, Castrol and Total are all good oils. Years ago I used Total Quarts 9000 F/S in my Citi Shuttle 1.6 and never had any problems, I still see the car everyday and the engine is still fine
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Re: Which oil to use?
Stay away from Castrol, use Shell.
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Re: Which oil to use?
From my experience they are much of a muchness, nothing wrong with either but I prefer, for some reason, the shellScatman wrote:Stay away from Castrol, use Shell.
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Re: Which oil to use?
Shell HX7 - 400 000 kms later and still running like a dream.
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Re: Which oil to use?
Shell HX7 is on special at autozone for R199
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Re: Which oil to use?
Either I'm dealing with a bunch of @holes or I'm stupid.rodga wrote:Shell HX7 is on special at autozone for R199
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I phoned a couple of reputable spares shops and not one of them gave me the same answer with regards to oil.
It's either Shell 20w50 red can or Shell 15w40 Yellow can?
Which one guys?
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Re: Which oil to use?
Shouldn't be 20W50, I use that in my MkI and Variant...zane.mk1 wrote:Either I'm dealing with a bunch of @holes or I'm stupid.rodga wrote:Shell HX7 is on special at autozone for R199
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I phoned a couple of reputable spares shops and not one of them gave me the same answer with regards to oil.
It's either Shell 20w50 red can or Shell 15w40 Yellow can?
Which one guys?
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Re: Which oil to use?
Shell HX7 is a semi synthetic which is fine, if you want a fully synthetic then use Shell Helix Ultra 5W40 which I use in my Golf 4 GTI 1.8T 132KW. I do not know why everyone is giving you different answers, I think they give you their personal preference of which oil to use. I have always sticked to the 5W40 or 10W50 oils
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Re: Which oil to use?
Like I said earlier, RTFM and go from there...Jennifer_a wrote:Shell HX7 is a semi synthetic which is fine, if you want a fully synthetic then use Shell Helix Ultra 5W40 which I use in my Golf 4 GTI 1.8T 132KW. I do not know why everyone is giving you different answers, I think they give you their personal preference of which oil to use. I have always sticked to the 5W40 or 10W50 oils
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Re: Which oil to use?
Most commonly it's like so:Neuk wrote:Shouldn't be 20W50, I use that in my MkI and Variant...zane.mk1 wrote:Either I'm dealing with a bunch of @holes or I'm stupid.rodga wrote:Shell HX7 is on special at autozone for R199
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I phoned a couple of reputable spares shops and not one of them gave me the same answer with regards to oil.
It's either Shell 20w50 red can or Shell 15w40 Yellow can?
Which one guys?
20W50 in a red bottle is Helix HX3
15W40 in a yellow bottle is Helix HX5
10W40 in a blue bottle is Helix HX7
5W40 in a silver bottle is Helix Ultra
Then you get the diesel stuff and racing stuff which are all pretty much variants of the above mainline ranges.
You should be using either the blue bottle or the silver bottle, the yellow will work but that's the lowest quality oil I'd put in your motor.
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Re: Which oil to use?
I use the silver bottle . . .
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Re: Which oil to use?
Shell Helix Ultra 5W40 Fully Synthetic The only oil I use in my Audi...Jennifer_a wrote:I use the silver bottle . . .
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Re: Which oil to use?
Thats the one
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Re: Which oil to use?
The manual refers to semi - synthetic & fully synthetic, vw502,503
I am going with the blue bottle.
tx for all the help!
I am going with the blue bottle.
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Re: Which oil to use?
That should be perfect, I think the AV version of that oil is VW505 compliant as well which is for most PD TDi engines and VR6's...zane.mk1 wrote:The manual refers to semi - synthetic & fully synthetic, vw502,503
I am going with the blue bottle.
tx for all the help!
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Re: Which oil to use?
Got one at Autozone @ R199.Neuk wrote:That should be perfect, I think the AV version of that oil is VW505 compliant as well which is for most PD TDi engines and VR6's...zane.mk1 wrote:The manual refers to semi - synthetic & fully synthetic, vw502,503
I am going with the blue bottle.
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Re: Which oil to use?
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Re: Which oil to use?
Also got Ultra Extra 5w30 which is VW507 specNeuk wrote:That should be perfect, I think the AV version of that oil is VW505 compliant as well which is for most PD TDi engines and VR6's...zane.mk1 wrote:The manual refers to semi - synthetic & fully synthetic, vw502,503
I am going with the blue bottle.
tx for all the help!
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