musho007 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Am I wasting money putting Millers Nanodrive NT+ into the Lupo Gti? What oils are people recommending now? (5w 40 fully synthetic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) If you change your oil every week or 3000 miles, any cheap stuff will do. Oil type is important when you do lots of start stop journeys or leave it for 20,000 miles before a change... Edited January 21, 2019 by mk2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR5V Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) Quantum Platinum - fully synthetic & built for our engines - source on Ebay or your friendly dealer! Got some the other week form TPS, low twenties for 5 litres Edited January 20, 2019 by LR5V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musho007 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 I do lots of city driving.. and my annual mileage is about 5000.. 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Motul 8100 X-Max 0W40. Been running it for years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 I run the fuchs semi synth 10W40 in my diesels and fully synth 5W30 in my petrol/lpg cars. Opie oil bulk special deals every few years. A bit of a waste really as i change about every 7k. Almost as clean coming out as it goes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 I use VW Platinum 5W40 in my GTI and she doesn't use a drop, even on 173k miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 If you do your oil changes regularly enough, then you can use the cheapest synthetic nonsense, so long as it meets the correct VW specification. In my SDI, I used Triple QX 5w40 from EuroCarParts (CarParts4Less). You could get 5L for about £12 fairly regularly and it's an open secret that it's just rebadged Shell 5w40 anyway. Did over 90k on that stuff and the oil used to come out very clean (comparatively) for a diesel. As for the viscosity, again, it's all about preference and your interval, but when I was doing 2 oil changes a year (due to mileage), I used 10w40 in the summer and 5w40 in the winter. I don't do the mileage anymore, so I use 5w40 all year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hey Skezz, there's a nice moss green SDI 'S' on gumtree at the mo. Nearer to you than me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 2 hours ago, mk2 said: Hey Skezz, there's a nice moss green SDI 'S' on gumtree at the mo. Nearer to you than me.... The one in Sandwell? Yeah, I saw it. It's probably the right price if it's been cared for.... Big if...... draw your own conclusions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) cheapest one that meets the specs. 😁 I'd get 20l drum if keeping the car too... Edited January 21, 2019 by Sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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