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**prcurrie** · 13-12-2012, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by gavs

Change your oil mate, the castrol stuff is rubbish and my car which burns next to nothing absolutely loves drinking the Castrol Edge Professional Longlife 5W30.

Fuchs is my next trial but Liqui Moly Top Tech 4200 is my current brand and works well.

Gavs. Been on Liqui Moly since the service. Provided my own oil but it seems to be chewing through it quicker than the VW stuff!

**gavs** · 13-12-2012, 08:27 PM

Hmmm, that's weird then.

And in relation to nomad's post, VW now no longer recommend Castrol regardless of the oil cap. The guys at Volkspower have an official letter stating that Fuchs TITAN Pro C3 5W30 is the best and recommended oil to use. They have said that even oil swilling cars magically slow down or even stop their oil drinking ways with it.

Motul is bloody good oil too.

Weight has no bearing. What you want is an approved VW 504/507 spec oil.

**Melon Head** · 13-12-2012, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by prcurrie

Gavs. Been on Liqui Moly since the service. Provided my own oil but it seems to be chewing through it quicker than the VW stuff!

The bastards are probably keeping it for their own car and putting castrol in yours.

**Polo_GTI** · 13-12-2012, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by gavs

Motul is bloody good oil too.

Weight has no bearing. What you want is an approved VW 504/507 spec oil.

Motul was the only brand I ever used to use on my s15. Great oil.

Excuse the noob, but how can I tell if the oil is 504/507 spec?

I've travelled 2000kms and I'd like to put fresh oil in at 5000kms. Dealer 15000 is too long.

**Melon Head** · 14-12-2012, 08:23 AM

Should say what specs the oil meets on the back of the bottle.

**gavs** · 14-12-2012, 08:53 AM

Doesn't matter about the specs, you need the actual approval. Do a google search for "Vw approved oils 504/507" and the spreadsheet should pop up. If not, I have a PDF an could try and sticky it...

**Melon Head** · 14-12-2012, 12:00 PM

VW504/507 is a specification the oil must pass so as I just said, it will say on the bottle if it meets this spec

**gavs** · 14-12-2012, 12:54 PM

No, that is incorrect.

You could buy a bottle of oil that says "Meets and/or exceeds VAG 504/507 requirements for lubrication" but if the oil has not been tested and approved with a certificate from VAG then meeting the requirements doesn't mean squat.

The oil could meet the VAG 504/507 specification for lubrication and say so on the bottle, but could be full of iron filings (poor example I know but it's all I could think of). It MUST be an approved oil because anyone who risks it and takes the car in for warranty thinking VW won't take an oil sample, think again.... Young kid in my office just forked out $3600 for a new turbo on his TDI golf because he had been topping it up with the wrong oil and had an oil sample taken.

Specification means nothing.

Approval is the word that has to be on the label.

**Transporter** · 14-12-2012, 01:08 PM

Yes, that's right.
Meets, exceedes and approved have a different meaning and some oiul companies are really playing it well to confuse buyers, just to sell their product.