Hi all,

Recently purchased a 2013 1.2TSI Octavia has the E211 engine i believe.

Looking to swap the oil and filter soon and wondering what oil you guys recomend?

I’m up in NW England figure 0w30 would be best but don’t see a whole lot of manufactures who make 0w30 VAG504 Oil.

Wondering what your guys use or recommend?

Cheers!

Id say any 5W30 which meets VW 502 spec is fine.

I think the 504 spec is more for extended service intervals, and a 2013 model would do well with more regular changes anyway

I use 502 spec in a 1.4tsi

@BlueWagon What oil is it you use?

Does the 5w 30 you use not say Long Life and is to VW504 / 507 & not say to VW 502 00

5w 40 FS is usually to VW502 00 & for fixed service intervals / 9,400 miles / 12 months.

VW504 00 / 507 00 be it 0w 30 FS III or 5w 40 FS III is for Variable Servicing or Fixed Oil Servicing.

@TenaciousLee Plenty 0w 30 FS III available.

It is on the selves at ASDA or TESCO.

But your engine just needs 5w 40 FS is fixed oil changes or 5w 30 FS III if fixed or variable.

Seeing as it is a 2013 1.2 TSI.

Edited 9 November, 20259 Nov by Evolution13

Thanks for the replies… Will go for a 5w30 then.

Always though a 0w30 would be best, esp in winter. I seem to find the 5w30 is cheaper and more widely available compared the 0 when looking for for 504/507 spec.

Just wondering what your consideration are when deciding between the two?

Do you have any thoughts on Mannol, seems reasonably priced…

0w 30 FS III hardly got a mention until it was the recommended oil for some engines like thew TDI / TSI that VW Group did not Recommend 0w 20 FS IV for. VW508 00 / 509 00

So a few years after your car / engine was built.

These in the chart below were for Fabia / Roomster TSI,s / petrols 2007-2015. 2007-2010 some were Fixed Oil Service Schedule only, while the engine in a VW could be Variable / Flexible Servicing.

(Toyota changed from 5w 30 FS III to 0w 30 FSIII in 2010 after they had gone Euro 5 from Euro 4 and there were complaints about the kidology of MPGs, they had published.)

Edited 9 November, 20259 Nov by Evolution13

3 hours ago, Evolution13 said:

What oil is it you use?

Castrol Edge. I buy it when on special

VW 502 00

I change it every 7,500km

So half the recommended 15K.

Engine as 310,000km on it

& that is only to VW 502 00, & not VW504 00 / 507 00?

Not Long Life?

I used to get cheap in Discount supermarkets Castrol Edge 5w 40 FS VW502 00

Not because cheaper than the LL but because i did not use Long Life Oil in 1.4 TSI Twinchargers.

Edited 9 November, 20259 Nov by Evolution13

PS,

has it gone all metric down London England way?

Fixed Regime up to 9,400 miles / 372 days as Skoda UK had it.

Variable / Flexible, 18,000 - 20,000 miles / 24 months.

Edited 9 November, 20259 Nov by Evolution13

You can go 0w-30 or 5w-30, or 0w-40 or 5w-40 but don't get too hung up on the figures (even the VW ones) a good oil is a good oil and that's what you want. Longlife is more of a marketing and sales term and description.

In my wife's 2015, 1.2 TSI (90PS, CJZC) I put 5w-30 but we're in the mild weather East Midlands/Anglian area not "the frozen north".

I use Millers Oil's EE Performance (C3 5w-30) as they're a British blender (Brighouse, West Yorkshire) and you can ring them and talk to them and/or look at their website with "Which oil" oil finder, plus of course I have previously used their oils and found them to be good. - https://www.millersoils.co.uk/

I can also recommend Mann oil filters. - https://www.mann-filter.com/uk-en/catalogue.html

Car oils always bring out lots of personal preferences and beliefs but if you follow VW's specifications and change the oil and filter when required you will cover normal use and expectations, whether you think VW will care about the engine lasting as long as possible and don't have commercial interests in oil manufacturers is up to you but that is not to say that those oils are not good oils just that you might be able to do a (little?) bit better depending on your car use and your expectations.

Good luck with whatever you chose and do.

Thanks for the replies all, some good info…

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