DieselArcticCat
Well-known member
Hello
I am a new on this forum and would like to say it is a great source of info. Been reading for weeks now on different topics and it has been great. Oil and lubrication topics seems to be the higest when it comes to different opinions and preferances.
I have been looking into what people use for oils and the change intervals.
I personally in my 2000 TDi golf use Castrol Syntec 5w40 (502,505.00) that I get dirctly from VW dealer for about $8.50 canadian per liter. This is cheaper than Wall Mart up here in canada. I change it every 6000Km(4000mi).
I am the second owner of the car and the first owner was using this oil from the day 1 in this car so I kept with the same oil. I chenge it very offten because with the oil and filtel it costs me about $55 canadian/change.
When I spoke to one of the vw specialized shop mechanics he told me to stick with the 6-7K km per oil change and I should be very safe, When i spoke with second vw mechanic he told me to go with 10K km (6 1/4K mi) oil changes. On these forums I see that most of the people go with 10k miles (16 000km) oil intervals.
To summerize:
I have found that people change their oil anywhere from 3000 to 25000mile intervals. I will keep on doing my oil changes at 6k km because it is not expensive and my TDI keeps on runing mint. IT is probably overkill but keeps me happy.
I also use 8oz of PS aditive per tank in winter and about 6oz in summer to keep the injectors clean and lubed as well to give it some cetane boost.
Do not see much difference with the additve.
Anybody else on here that has low oil change interval and which oil do you use?
Cheers
I am a new on this forum and would like to say it is a great source of info. Been reading for weeks now on different topics and it has been great. Oil and lubrication topics seems to be the higest when it comes to different opinions and preferances.
I have been looking into what people use for oils and the change intervals.
I personally in my 2000 TDi golf use Castrol Syntec 5w40 (502,505.00) that I get dirctly from VW dealer for about $8.50 canadian per liter. This is cheaper than Wall Mart up here in canada. I change it every 6000Km(4000mi).
I am the second owner of the car and the first owner was using this oil from the day 1 in this car so I kept with the same oil. I chenge it very offten because with the oil and filtel it costs me about $55 canadian/change.
When I spoke to one of the vw specialized shop mechanics he told me to stick with the 6-7K km per oil change and I should be very safe, When i spoke with second vw mechanic he told me to go with 10K km (6 1/4K mi) oil changes. On these forums I see that most of the people go with 10k miles (16 000km) oil intervals.
To summerize:
I have found that people change their oil anywhere from 3000 to 25000mile intervals. I will keep on doing my oil changes at 6k km because it is not expensive and my TDI keeps on runing mint. IT is probably overkill but keeps me happy.
I also use 8oz of PS aditive per tank in winter and about 6oz in summer to keep the injectors clean and lubed as well to give it some cetane boost.
Do not see much difference with the additve.
Anybody else on here that has low oil change interval and which oil do you use?
Cheers