OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[vEnOm_oz]

Thanks Brad. I've read good things about their oil for VAG cars. Any idea if they are at par or better than Penrite?

I'm leaning towards Fuchs, just want to see what others think.

I tried Fuchs in the Subaru when I had it and it seemed fine - as good as any of the Mobil1, Castrol, etc that I poured into it. The only reason I didn' continue with use was the shop I boutght it from was inconvenient to get to.

The VW504/507 is TITAN GT1 PRO C-3 SAE 5W-30

502.00 is the GT1 Pro-Flex 5w-30 and the GT1 5w-40

[roshea]

Awesome, i'll check it out. Only had the car two weeks and noticed today that the oil was at 3/4 on the dipstick.

These engines do tend to use a bit of oil, depending on the individual engine and the individual driver! May as well go with the 5 litre bottle if you do many kms per year.

[brad]

Thanks Brad. I've read good things about their oil for VAG cars. Any idea if they are at par or better than Penrite?

I'm leaning towards Fuchs, just want to see what others think.

No idea, the tech data sheet might offer some comparable data. I just remembered, the other brand I was using in the Liberty was Motul - it was great when new (much quieter on startup) but appeared to lose viscosity fairly quickly.

I really don't think there's a huge difference between them as they all meet a minimum spec (504.00/507.00). The really serious oil guys would disregard the VW spec & look soley at the data of the oil & pick from there.

FYI: I got 5 Mann oil filters really cheap (like $10 each) and I got 10L of Castrol Edge 5w-30 VW502.00 for $60 so I'll be going back to 502.00 for the 157,500 & 172,500 services. I still have no idea what the workshop uses - he just points to a big drum and I pay the money & get a stamp in the service book.

Here's the figures - they all look pretty close to me (but I'm a near enough/good enough type guy).

There's probably some essential figures missing eg: base number is important I believe.

Somebody smarter than me will know.

Fuchs Titan GT1 Pro C-3 SAE 5w-30
Density at 15 °C DIN 51757 0.853 g/ml
Kinematic Viscosity at 40°C DIN 51562-1 70,2 mm²/s
Kinematic Viscosity at 100°C DIN 51562-1 11.7 mm²/s
Viscosity-Index DIN ISO 2909 162
Flash Point, CoC DIN ISO 2592 230 °C
Pourpoint DIN ISO 3016 - 42 °C

Penrite Enviro+ 5w-30
Density at 15oC, kg/L 0.852
Viscosity, Kinematic, cSt
at 40oC 68.3
at 100oC 11.7
Viscosity Index 169
Cold Cranking Viscosity, cP at -35oC 5906
Zinc, Mass % 0.085
Phosphorus, Mass % 0.075
Sulphated Ash, mass % 0.70
Calcium, Mass % 0.162
Base Number 6.62

[Dzl_Dubba]

Anyone know the weight of the anthracite gemini? I've seen that other 18inch octavia wheels are 14kg such as the pictoris and turini.

[GTR27]

Probably 14kg?

Time to upgrade to VMR's for some unsprung weight loss. 10.43kg per rim for VMR V710's (18's)

[Dzl_Dubba]

I was thinking more 19s, the wheel arches cry for them haha. If i had the money i'd spring for some BBS, OZs or HRE. i played around with the BBS wheel configurator.

[GTR27]

Can get vmrs in 19, they are around 11kg each. 1500 for rims I suspect is lots cheaper than those BBS rims. They look equally phat too

[Dzl_Dubba]

Yep have been checking them out too. The bbs go for about 800-900 each, hence the if i had the money comment haha.

Edit: These have my attention

[donweather]

FTW!!! Ya can't beat the storm trooper look on white I reckon.

[KWICKS]

The OEM 19's are a very nice match for the car IMO. I just wanted the practicality of the 18's so will tolerate the look.