Octavia MK3 oil top up, which brand?

[brad]

The brand doesn't matter as long as it is certified to the specification. Shell, Castrol, Penrite, Liqui-Moly, Fuchs, Mobil1 are all VW certified (and there are others). Nulon are tight and have the numbers 504.00/507.00 on the bottle but haven't paid VW for the testing / certificate so I would avoid them.

If it's a diesel it has to be 507.00 because of the DPF.

If it's a petrol then you can use either 502.00 or 504.00 without issue. 504.00 is the better spec though.

Having the oil light come on at 3800km is disconcerting but it's a new engine and will hopefully seal up with use.

Have you checked the oil since you took delivery of the vehicle? Maybe it was low from day 1? The owners manual says to check the level every fuel fill. Given you know it uses about 1L/4000km I'd be inclined to check the level every 1500 - 2000km and not let it go below the low mark on the cross-hatch. When the light comes on it's right at the limit IMO.

[sillyboy]

The brand doesn't matter as long as it is certified to the specification. Shell, Castrol, Penrite, Liqui-Moly, Fuchs, Mobil1 are all VW certified (and there are others). Nulon are tight and have the numbers 504.00/507.00 on the bottle but haven't paid VW for the testing / certificate so I would avoid them.

If it's a diesel it has to be 507.00 because of the DPF.

If it's a petrol then you can use either 502.00 or 504.00 without issue. 504.00 is the better spec though.

Having the oil light come on at 3800km is disconcerting but it's a new engine and will hopefully seal up with use.

Have you checked the oil since you took delivery of the vehicle? Maybe it was low from day 1? The owners manual says to check the level every fuel fill. Given you know it uses about 1L/4000km I'd be inclined to check the level every 1500 - 2000km and not let it go below the low mark on the cross-hatch. When the light comes on it's right at the limit IMO.

I must say I am not a very handy man around the engine bay, and I was lazy, so I did not check the oil level, I will start to do so after this top up.

Is it true that the differences between the highest and the lowest reading of the dipstick is only 0.5L? I read this in some other forum(Briskoda I think)

[brad]

Have you checked your tyre pressures since purchase?

500ml from the bottom mark to the top mark sounds about right. Maybe a fraction more but I've never paid much notice.

[sillyboy]

Have you checked your tyre pressures since purchase?

500ml from the bottom mark to the top mark sounds about right. Maybe a fraction more but I've never paid much notice.

Ya, I check every 3-4 weeks, amazed me when I see one of those guys who pump their tires from 12 PSI all the way to 36 PSI(and I had to wait for 10+ mins for him to pump the tires up), I guess I am like one of those guys to you people's eyes, except it is for the engine oil in my case.

So, I planned to visit the dealer, but Sydney north's traffic on a Friday avo is unbelievable ,so I ended up buying a 5L bottle of Castrol Edge 5W-30 VW 504 from Repco, they only have couple brands with that spec, so I picked the Castrol as it was the oil in the car.

Open the bonnet and check dipstick ,it was down to about 3mm below the minimum mark on the dipstick,Topped up the car to about 65% of min to max, didn't want to overfill. and it was fine, the warning sign gone.

Thank you Guys.

[Lucas_R]

^ i believe its closer to 1L on my Golf from the bottom of the hash mark on the dipstick to the full mark. But too be honest, i don't pay too much attention - i just pour slowly and check it a few times until its right on full.

[hobbie2k]

I checked regularly and even noted consumption in my service book. It used about half a litre during the break-in period. I reached the bottom line at about 7000kms, put a litre of the Penrite stuff in (to the top line) and it doesn't seem to have used any significant amount since. We're now at 14,000.

[Guest001]

Time to get an updated list of approved oils I guess as the one I have is a few years old now.

Anyone know of a new one

[spud75]

Time to get an updated list of approved oils I guess as the one I have is a few years old now.

Anyone know of a new one

Nah, just use Australian made, VW approved and certified Penrite, keep a 1L in the boot, and take 5L with you for you service. Just get the correct one for your petrol or diesel engine.

buy from supercheap or autobarn.

If you need emergency fill up you need to check that teh oil you are putting in is VW approved. But you should have 1 L of penrite in the boot.

[TCR]

Thread dig from hell

I'm confused. The Owners Manual has two separate tables that specify oil specs for the 2.0 162, 169kw TSI engine.. One for "Vehicles with variable service intervals" for which they specify VW504.00, and a second table for "vehicles with fixed service intervals" for which they specify VW502.00.

No viscosity mentioned either, so I'm assuming the certification for each spec relies on a certain viscosity. IE all VW504.00 spec oil seems to be 5W-30.

[Guest001]

Buy some Penrite Enviro+ 5w-30 from Autobarn or similar Probably cheap this week as they have an Easter sale on.

Dont worry about all the crap in the book

ALL AUS VW are service at 15000km or 12 months whichever comes first. You can use 502spec but 504/507 is good for both diesel and petrol and it doesnt hurt to use a higher spec oil in any way.

I use it in the Polo and prev Passat TDI as is easier just to use one.


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