I have always taken my Fabia to the main dealer for its annual service. The original owner didn't get the car serviced until it was 18 month old so I now have a somewhat strange service interval 6 months out from the MOT date.

The receipts from the main dealer don't specify the oil,  it has been "Castol Magnetec synthetic oil" the last couple of times. I have been told it is on the variable service schedule, but despite doing less than 4000 miles in the last year, the service reminder has come on exactly 12 months from the last service, so I'm not sure whether the "it's set to varible schedule" that the dealer told me means anything.

It is quite a bit cheaper to use an independent garage and they are proposing to use 0w20 oil. From my googling I think 5w30 LL would be correct for a variable service schedule, or 5w40 FS for fixed service intervals. Is this right? 

From from V5C I seem to have the DKLD engine as that is what the engine number starts with. Castol's website says Castol Edge 0W-20 LL IV or 5w-30 LL

The electronic Owners manual unhelpfully says on page 210: "Engine oil Specification: To find out which type of engine oil you can use for your vehicle, contact a specialist garage."
So I'm turning to the experts here for some expert advice! 

Someone must not be resetting the Oil Service indicator.   So it is for you to know or find out, and tell them what you want the Services set at, Fixed or Variable.

372 days / 9,400 miles or Variable 24 months / 18,000-20,000 miles. 

 

The correct or recommended oil is VW508 00 / 509 00 so 0w 20 FS IV which is long life oil.

Or VW504 00 / 507 00 whish is 0w 30 FS III or 5w 30 FS III Oil.   These are for fixed or variable servicing of TSI's.

 

VW502 00 so 5w 40 FS is for Fixed services if you want.  

 

 

Edited 6 March, 20233 yr by toot

Thanks for that @toot. Is that a special service website? It's a bit frustrating that it isn't in the Skoda app as far as I can see. 

 

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That is from a Skoda app that someone posted on here.  It is in Google images showing the full screen shot.  I will link later. 

Edited 7 March, 20233 yr by toot