Hi all,

I'm getting the car serviced in the next week or so (as soon as I get some console bushes to be fitted at the same time!), and I'm going to supply the oil. I'm a bit confused on which oil to use exactly. I've put my car in on Opie Oils website, and it's suggesting 507.00 spec oil. Why is this? As it says that 507 is used for cars with a DPF....

Will 505.01 be the correct oil for my vRS BLT?

Apologies if this has been covered many times before - I've tried searching and can't seem to find a guide to oil? Unless someone can point me in the right direction please?

Cheers guys!

Al

Mate the best oil and best priced is quantum 5w40 its actually made by castol and is fully synthetic you can get 5L for around £35

everything you need to know is in here :

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/21250-what-engine-oil-must-i-use-in-my-fabia-vrs/

I'm going to get the tripleqx fully synthetic 5w40 from eurocarparts, works out at £23ish that's with the 25% discount.

It's PD oil also and meets VW 505.01

Great stuff Holmesie - thanks for the link! Been looking for it but couldn't find it!!

505.01 it is!

For the minimal money involved Quantun every single time. It's VAG's own oil brand and is certified to the correct standard.

Be wary of oils that don't explicitly state they are certified to (that's not the same as 'meets') the correct standard, they're usually blended from base stock that was certified at some point in its history but the specific blend you're buying hasn't actually been tested and certified by VAG which isn't the same thing at all.

I normally just slap in fully synthetic every time in the mpi. Worth the extra cost only gets changed once a year anyhow so not really a major cost if you think of how many miles you do on it.

The mpi is a very different engine that dates back to the 60's? with much simpler oil requirements to the 1.9PD which has much tighter requirements, it only needs 502 which is readily available from most supermarkets and cheap. The PD absolutely needs 505.x depending on if it has a DPF or 507.x for long life. My factor doesn't keep 505.1 or 507.1 on the shelf so rather than mess about it's TPS or the local parts desk depending on who I'm passing first.

For the minimal money involved Quantun every single time. It's VAG's own oil brand and is certified to the correct standard.

Be wary of oils that don't explicitly state they are certified to (that's not the same as 'meets') the correct standard, they're usually blended from base stock that was certified at some point in its history but the specific blend you're buying hasn't actually been tested and certified by VAG which isn't the same thing at all.

Cheers for this info - interesting! Where is this Quantun available from? I can't say I've heard of brand if I'm honest. Nothing I can see on Opie. I was just going to get some Motul 505.01 off their site.... Having second thoughts now! I always thought Motul was an excellent brand of oil?

As long as it's certified it doesn't matter what brand it is, 'meets' is PR for 'we weren't going to pay for certification' and while it's probably fine the price difference is that minimal it's not worth the agro.

Quantum is available from TPS (this is where VW/Audi/Seat/Skoda get genuine parts from) but they're trade only officially or your local dealers parts desk (often cheaper than you would think especially if they put it through on the trade cash account). Failing that Rainworth Skoda list it on eBay for a reasonable price delivered.

'Diesel-trader' on eBay is selling the quantum oil for £19.99 if collected. Otherwise it's £8.99 for p&p.

Useful if your close to Coventry and can collect.

i put the quantum in mine too and i agree with avalon :

For the minimal money involved Quantun every single time. It's VAG's own oil brand and is certified to the correct standard.

Be wary of oils that don't explicitly state they are certified to (that's not the same as 'meets') the correct standard, they're usually blended from base stock that was certified at some point in its history but the specific blend you're buying hasn't actually been tested and certified by VAG which isn't the same thing at all.

TripleQX syn plus PD fully synthetic 5w40 oil has dropped in price on ECP. With 'OIL25' it's £18.99.

A few people have used this oil as I found by doing a search. I'll be going for this myself I think unless there's a good reason not to?

Stop being a cheap arse and put vag oil in!

For the sake of a tenner! People are trying to help you

I'm all about keeping the cost per mile down but seriously it's a £10 or 0.001p saving per mile over 10k for an unknown and unproven 'own brand' oil that's only recently launched by ECP and is circa 1/2 the price of the known brand offering. Findus and Tesco tried that with burgers and look how well it worked out.

Just get some Quantum in it. I use 507 as it doesn't cost that much more than 505 over the course of 10,000 miles.

These cheaper oils are not so cheap when you are rebuilding your top end in a few years time.

Point taken lads realised I don't need a service for another 4k miles so that's relief. But will get the quantum stuff

Remember it's 10k OR 12 months, whatever you hit first.