Type of engine oil to use - VW polo (petrol)

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  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    The Vairiable Servicing is exactly that, variable! Depends how the car gets driven. Stop, start, stop, start = service often. Long, steady runs = longer service intervalls...

    A BMW on our fleet at the minute is doing 22,000 miles between services and it's on its original rear tyres and rear pads cos it just sits on the motorway day in, day out...

    Its now on 80,000 miles in 2 years...
  • Old_Slaphead
    Old_Slaphead Posts: 2,748 Forumite
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    Same thing happened to me this morning. VW 1.4 2002. Did you find out which oil was needed? If not, I'll check with VW garage later.
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    To repeat myself.....

    Just because it beeped does not mean you have low oil. You could have too much in there.

    When it beeped how fast were you going?
    Check your oil dipstick when parked on level ground. <--- DO THIS NOW, if you do have low oil, it sounds like you are driving around trying to save a couple of quid and you could be doing 100s of £££s worth of damage to your engine in the process.

    Any 10 - 40 oil will do, There's no need to have (more expensive) 5 - 40.
  • Old_Slaphead
    Old_Slaphead Posts: 2,748 Forumite
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    Amazing as it may seem but I did check the oil (& it was too low). No problemo except I didn't have the handbook so I googled for oil type and it offered a link back to (amongst others) good ol' MSE.

    I few minutes research enabled me to verify that semisynthetic 10-40 is ok.

    Thanks for your concern however "should be good enough" did not give me the initial reassurance I needed (having said that, the VW dealer also gave me the wrong spec suggesting I needed a PD oil when it's actually a petrol engine - tho' they did profusely apologise when I queried it).
  • robbies_gal
    robbies_gal Posts: 7,895 Forumite
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    sorry to bump this from so long ago i found it on a search

    myoil light hs just comeon on a 54 reg polo 1.4 auto

    could i use the same oilas mentioned above

    i didnt understand the code in the manual at all

    thanks
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  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    gabbyevs wrote: »
    sorry to bump this from so long ago i found it on a search

    myoil light hs just comeon on a 54 reg polo 1.4 auto

    could i use the same oilas mentioned above

    i didnt understand the code in the manual at all

    thanks

    i would be putting in 5w 30,this is the oil recommended by vw for this engine,dont put in 10w 40,these engines are still prone to sludge,put in the 5w 30 to help avoid this problem.
    ...work permit granted!
  • robbies_gal
    robbies_gal Posts: 7,895 Forumite
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    thanks very much
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  • Thomas_Crown
    Thomas_Crown Posts: 887 Forumite
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    Branches of GSF (German, Swedish & French) used to sell VW's own brand of oil, 'Quantum'. Unfortunately they don't stock it anymore but they do stock 'Fuchs' brand oil. This is a good quality oil & GSF sell it a a reasonable price.
  • Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! Posts: 2,579 Forumite
    The oil code will be printed on the back of the oil you buy. For instance, my car recommends MB229.1, so I buy Mobil 1 0w-40 which has MB229.1 and MB229.3 printed on the label.

    Very simple.
  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    gabbyevs wrote: »
    sorry to bump this from so long ago i found it on a search

    myoil light hs just comeon on a 54 reg polo 1.4 auto

    could i use the same oilas mentioned above

    i didnt understand the code in the manual at all

    thanks

    You don't have to understand the code, just buy oil that has the same code printed on it as Pew Pew Pew Lasers suggested.
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