[fivedollarbob69]

As above really.

My cars due an oil change, want some opinions on the best oil to go for.

cheers

 

[Caged]

Synta Semi synth... changed every 5k.

 

[Gti Jazz Blue]

Granville Semi Synthetic 10/40 from my local Motor Factors changed every 5K.

 

[fivedollarbob69]

went into halfrauds at lunchtime and they told me to use fully synthetic 0w/30.[:O]

are they having me on because its ?40 for 4ltrs and i need 4.5ltrs and guess which one they dont do a small top up bottle of?

im only going ot be changing my oil once a year as i only do about 7-8k, what would you suggest?

 

[simch]

synta gold fully synth in mine.

very affordable at German and swedish, but still twice the price of the silver semi synth!

 

[Carlos]

Mobil 1 0W-40 for me []

You may find this interesting

http://www.performanceoilnews.com/oils_against_oils.shtml

 

[Andrew]

Mine isn't chipped yet but I use Synta Gold fully synthetic from the VW dealers.

 

[N15CKO]

Same again Synta Gold for me too......[Y][Y][Y]

 

[GaryM]

Synta Gold for me at present but will be changing to Mobil 1 0W-40 at next service.

 

[Y0Gi]

Semi synthetic 4 my baby

 

[RS GOLF]

Same again Synta Gold for me too......[Y][Y][Y]

same as me []

 

[Geeba]

Synta Gold for me at present but will be changing to Mobil 1 0W-40 at next service.

Gary I was going to change to this? some people say its a bit toooo thin tho?

 

[GaryM]

[Gary I was going to change to this? some people say its a bit toooo thin tho?

Hmmm, that could be worrying, wonder if its best to stick with Synta Gold then?

 

[Vincec79]

I have always found that Mobil One 0W-40 is too thin for most cars, and when I worked in the trade use to recommend the Synta Gold or Castrol instead. A bloke I used to work with tried Mobil One in this RS Turbo (sorry for swearing) and it sounded like a bag of nails.

I do remember that Mobil also make an oil called Mobil Motorsport which was 15W-50 and fully synthetic. Had a look on the web and found that this is the only oil GGR (scooby tuner) recommend for all turbo imprezas

 

[fivedollarbob69]

I ended up buying the synta gold after a long discussion with a very helpful chap at my local vw dealership. the bloke i spoke to was into modding golfs himself and covered in tatoos ( i was shocked as the parts dept is right next to sales in the showroom & and they all had suits on). []

And he recommened that i use either castrol synta silver or gold. it cost me ?25 for 5ktrs of synta gold and the castrol was ?22.50 halfrauds wanted ?39 for the castrol.

oh and oil filters are cheeper in the dealership thean in halfrauds too.

so the moral of the storey is main dealers can be cheaper for some stuff []

 

[Badger5]

Same for me

Good stuff

synta gold fully synth in mine.

very affordable at German and swedish, but still twice the price of the silver semi synth!

 

[graygti]

hi i have 2 full bottles of 5w -30 part synthetic. would i be ok using this as im needing a oil change and havnt got much money at the mo after xmas lol.the car has just done 65.000 miles? wat do ya think?

thanks

 

[MWO]

good topic.. thanks.. i'll be using the Synta aswell then,