What Oil to use - Octavia

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18 January, 20188 yr

Hi, i have a Octavia Diesel Estate 1.6 TDI SE.

Brought it with 12,500 on the clock and i've done 8.5k miles since having it. Its booked in for a service in around 3 weeks, but just checked the oil and its fairly low, so want to top it up. I'm i ok to use Castro 5W-30 (c3)? - I've looked on line and i think 5W-30 is fine.. but no idea what the c3 stands for?

Basically, i know nothing about cars... so i'm i ok to top up with it? Its the first car i properly spent money getting... so just dont want to mess it up!

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