Octy 2.0TDI 2008.

Went to Skoda Leeds for some top up oil as I'm about half way down the stick (11k miles)

Explaned what vehicle was and that I am on flexible serving.

Chap at parts desk came back with a Castrol in a green bottle with a big VW badge on the front that I didn't recognise. It had VW506 in it and mentioned nothing about PD or extended etc.

I explained that I thought I needed 507 as that is what the book said and its what I have used before (castrol edge) -

This is all we use now for servicing he said.

I said that I'd leave it but he went away again and came back with the bottle pictured below saying that it was the last bottle:

It was £10 so I bought it but am now a bit concerend as I thought I needed 0-30W

From my handbook:

Edited 9 February, 200917 yr by Web Ferret

Yes, that is the correct oil, as long as it has 507.00 on it you will be fine.

The oil I purchased recently is Castrol Edge 5w 30 and its also 507 compliant, and I checked my old topup bottle and that was also 5w 30.

The 506, would have also been fine as per your user manual. The only one you shouldnt use is the 505 one.

Not to be confused with my original question about, but when I bought the car brand new from Dm Keith Ossett I asked for some oil:

This is what they sold me at the same time as my new car having just discussed variable servicing!!

This is why I'm concerned:

I never used this or bothered returning it as I was having other issues with the car & dealer at the time that were far more important.

I wonder how many other customers of DM Keith are driving around on the wrong oil.

Yes, that is the correct oil, as long as it has 507.00 on it you will be fine.

The oil I purchased recently is Castrol Edge 5w 30 and its also 507 compliant, and I checked my old topup bottle and that was also 5w 30.

Thanks

Its already drunk a bottle of the Castrol Edge 5W30 !

looks OK to me; VW 507.00

Hi All

I'm having a similar problem at the moment. I'm off to France next week and on checking the oil before the trip found that it needs to be topped up. I have an Octy II 1.9 diesel which is on fixed servicing so not using long life oil.

I used to own a VRS Fabia so have about 4 litres of 505.01 oil in the shed but I thought I'd better check the handbook first to make sure it uses the same oil. In my handbook it says that for diesel engines without a DPF for fixed service intervals I should use 507.01. However I've just downloaded the current handbook PDF from the website and it says 505.01.

When I went to the dealer this morning he told me that I needed to use 505.01 and indeed that is what they used last time they serviced the car. I'm assuming that the reference to 507.01 in my handbook is a misprint and I should in fact be using 505.01?

507.00 is 5w 30

506.01 is 0w 30

both of the above are fine for variable servicing, not sure if they recommend if the two can be mixed though? The Castrol TXT 505.01 is NOT suitable for variable servicing.

There is no 507.01, so yes that must be a misprint

Excellent - a bit of mucking about but at least I don't need to buy any more oil

i have not so much faith in Castrol... i dont believe their oil is as good as their competitors...

Edited 10 February, 200917 yr by TOURBOLUX

Tanks for advice, just topped up.

i have not so much faith in Castrol... i dont believe their oil is as good as their competitiors...

I don't have much faith in skoda, I don't believe their cars are as good as their competitors....

See the point I'm trying to make?

Statement is all well and good, but some evidence to back that view up is always useful.

Castrol are part of BP and I'd say make good oils as do many others.

try these ones:

Mobil1

Amsoil

Redline

I find Millers and Valvoline to be priced pretty fairly and they clain to exceed the VW specs

for the record, Castrol is a hydrocracked conventional oil. what would you rather have for the same price, a real synthetic or an altered conventional oil which through a loophole in the wording law is able to call synthetic.

It is all about marketing tactics. Castrol used to be full true synthetic, but now that they found this loophole, they didn't tell anyone and switched over to the hydrocracked version to save money but yet oddly kept the price the same...

for the record, Castrol is a hydrocracked conventional oil. what would you rather have for the same price, a real synthetic or an altered conventional oil which through a loophole in the wording law is able to call synthetic.

It is all about marketing tactics. Castrol used to be full true synthetic, but now that they found this loophole, they didn't tell anyone and switched over to the hydrocracked version to save money but yet oddly kept the price the same...

Hmm; interesting.

I have used Shell Helix Ultra VX that is VW 507 00 compliant from day one; see no reason to change.

Also thought it might be worth reminding everyone of this thread;- http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/what-oils-meets-specs-vw-504-00-507-00-a/55476/

for the record, Castrol is a hydrocracked conventional oil. what would you rather have for the same price, a real synthetic or an altered conventional oil which through a loophole in the wording law is able to call synthetic.

It is all about marketing tactics. Castrol used to be full true synthetic, but now that they found this loophole, they didn't tell anyone and switched over to the hydrocracked version to save money but yet oddly kept the price the same...

Castrol make a large number of synthetics, so I'm afraid that sweeping statement isn't going to hold.

Their magnatec for example has an ester base, and that isn't what you would call an expensive oil.

Which of the oils are you claiming are just cracked mineral base.

Also hydro-cracking, is basically braking a longer chained molecule down to shorter chained molecules. Then engineering what you have to be an ester, or other chemical type isn't a huge step it's just some reactions.

I tend to use millers or mobil1 myself, but I somehow doubt that all the castrol sythetics are cracked. That plus they are approved to the VW spec so obviously provide the protection needed.

I've heard that some of the mobil1 synthetic oils are hydrocracked, but that doesn't make them a bad oil.

Lets be fair, the bases from the true synthetic oils came from cracked hydrocarbons in the first place anyway.

The reactions go something along the line of heavy oils cracked to long chained hydrocarbons (oils) , to long chained alcohol, to long chained esters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester

Just to add this PDF which describes the legal position on synthetics:

http://www.balancemotorsport.co.uk/images/The%20Truth%20about%20SYNTHETICS%20v%202.pdf

If you look at it, it mentions a court case in Germany, which means synthetics can't be a hydrocracked mineral (in Germany only). Since the castrol edge is sold in Germany in the same bottles and as the same oil as a fully sythetic, I'd be fairly certain it is fully sythetic.

Edited 11 February, 200917 yr by cheezemonkhai