Mines done 12'000 miles - not (looked for) found the dipstick yet ! " I'll get my coat "...

But it's just been for service and no mention of low oil level.

Also came with a 1l bottle of oil in the boot in a little bag thing - is this standard? Not opened that either though. It is castrol edge professional longlife III 5w30 507 - the car was previously set to variable servicing so not sure if it is different now it's on fixed.

The first one was sold by an ESSO or Shell station, but I don't remember the brand. I'm in the process of finding back the place of purchase via my fuel card (which I used for said purchase) to find the brand and type used.

 

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Concerning the first fill-up which I'm pretty sure was done with oil from an Esso or Shell station, google shows me this result, amongst others:

 

https://www.shell.com/global/products-services/on-the-road/oils-lubricants/cars/find-right-car-oils/helix-fully-synthetic/ultra-pro-av-l-0w30.html

 

this oil is certainly available for sale.

Thanks - one lives and learns...

Mines done 12'000 miles - not (looked for) found the dipstick yet ! " I'll get my coat "...

But it's just been for service and no mention of low oil level.

Also came with a 1l bottle of oil in the boot in a little bag thing - is this standard? Not opened that either though. It is castrol edge professional longlife III 5w30 507 - the car was previously set to variable servicing so not sure if it is different now it's on fixed.

You have a particulate filter so have to stick with 507.00 spec oils

 

Well mister Bold&Blue, maybe it takes a while before technology reaches as far as where you live, but I checked! The 507.00 spec was on the bottle both times. 

 

Also, I re-read the most recent manual I could find (May 2014) and that mentions the 507.00 spec alright, but I couldn't find anything about the xWx0 value:

 

http://ws.skoda-auto.com/OwnersManualService/Data/en/Octavia_5E/05-2014/Manual/Octavia/A7_Octavia_OwnersManual.pdf

 

starting page 192, "engine oil".

I'm not sure if you are being a nob or not - I was just trying to make it easier to read and offer some information

 

Good luck with it all.

Castrol Edge 5W-30 is both 507 00 and currently on offer at Cocstco £25.90 incl. for 4 litres.

 

On the bottle is a text number to check the oil for your car, simply text "OIL" to 83080 (UK and NI) or 57778 (ROI)

 

I check mine quite often as I tend to run some engine high temps.

Castrol Edge 5W-30 is both 507 00 and currently on offer at Cocstco £25.90 incl. for 4 litres.

 

On the bottle is a text number to check the oil for your car, simply text "OIL" to 83080 (UK and NI) or 57778 (ROI)

 

I check mine quite often as I tend to run some engine high temps.

Whatever happened to Castrol ? I remember years ago Castrol GTX selling like hot cakes,then all these new fangled synthetics came in and sort of stole its thunder.I can't remember the last time I used Castrol now,back in the day ,though,I used it in all of my cars.

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Castrol Edge 5W-30 is both 507 00 and currently on offer at Cocstco £25.90 incl. for 4 litres.

Ah, you beat me to it - popped in to my local tonight and saw that. Given that the Halfrauds price on the same size container is £46.99, that's rather a steal.

That is a good price.  I got a couple of bottles from somewhere on line... Amazon iirc..a while back for about £27 each, I've not seen it any cheaper.  Can get it on eBay for £31.50 if that works better for you then Costco.

Yeah I'm gonna have to get bottle as my chainsaw loves it for chain oil still only put a small top up in the car but to be fair, it has had a service recently.

Yeah I'm gonna have to get bottle as my chainsaw loves it for chain oil still only put a small top up in the car but to be fair, it has had a service recently.

Expensive oil for chain oil! :-O