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This is the story of our Volkswagen Polo, 1.4 litre, 4-speed Automatic.
We bought it in Dec 2007 as a daily runner for us and a grand children mover. The motor had, not long after purchase become rattly, although I didn't remember it being that noisy when we bought it.
It has been serviced by the Volksfactory (Holden Hill) from the time we owned it. It was much too hard to remove the oil filter for me to change the oil & filter myself. I NEVER change engine oil without changing the filter. As part of our routine, we supplied the engine oil for each service, generally each 7,500 kms until we are now doing regular trips from Adelaide to Pt Victoria on the Yorke Peninsula.
The oil we used was Nulon 5W-40, as I had used this in our Golf III, 1.8 litre without problems.
A couple of months ago I bought a bottle of Flash Lube Fuel Conditioner, not because I believe these thing work, but because I wanted the bottle (for 2 stroke oil, but that's another story). We had also returned to 98 RON fuel, having for about 6 tankfuls returned to 95 RON, until we watched the Current Affair program which said you go further on (& and it is cost effective).
Amazingly, the motor was completely quiet after driving off and reaching 2nd gear. It had much better acceleration, as much as a 55 killer Wasps can give, but it cruised beautifully, the best since we had it.
As we approached the 90,000 kms service I considered a change in engine oil brand, wondering if that would/could do some good also. I search Nulon & Penrite oils and found that the recommendations of engine oil was the same for each brand, and for each our cars, the Polo & the Golf V, 1.9 TDI (Nulon Euro 5W-30 & Pentrite Environ+).
Eventually I was swayed to Penrite because it has VW approval, while Nulon meets & exceeds VW standards.
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Two weeks ago the Polo was service and we left the next day for Pt Victoria. The motor of the Polo seemed a bit noisier but nothing really too bad. The next week I drove the Polo I couldn't believe how noisy (rattly) it was even when driving. All the progress I had made was now gone, back to square one. I was very reluctant to change the oil again as the Penrite (and Nulon) cost $90.
During last week I remembered that a few years ago I had bought some Nulon Engine Treatment and not used it. I searched the shed & found it.
Last Tuesday I removed some oil from the sump and added the Nulon in accordance with the instructions. Immediately the engine noise level returned to (close) the pre Penrite oil change. I can now leave the Penrite in the motor until the 105,000 kms oil change, when I will be back with Nulon oil, this time 5W-30 Euro, which will also go in the Golf V, 1.9 TDI..
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This has been my experience with our Polo.
We bought it in Dec 2007 as a daily runner for us and a grand children mover. The motor had, not long after purchase become rattly, although I didn't remember it being that noisy when we bought it.
It has been serviced by the Volksfactory (Holden Hill) from the time we owned it. It was much too hard to remove the oil filter for me to change the oil & filter myself. I NEVER change engine oil without changing the filter. As part of our routine, we supplied the engine oil for each service, generally each 7,500 kms until we are now doing regular trips from Adelaide to Pt Victoria on the Yorke Peninsula.
The oil we used was Nulon 5W-40, as I had used this in our Golf III, 1.8 litre without problems.
A couple of months ago I bought a bottle of Flash Lube Fuel Conditioner, not because I believe these thing work, but because I wanted the bottle (for 2 stroke oil, but that's another story). We had also returned to 98 RON fuel, having for about 6 tankfuls returned to 95 RON, until we watched the Current Affair program which said you go further on (& and it is cost effective).
Amazingly, the motor was completely quiet after driving off and reaching 2nd gear. It had much better acceleration, as much as a 55 killer Wasps can give, but it cruised beautifully, the best since we had it.
As we approached the 90,000 kms service I considered a change in engine oil brand, wondering if that would/could do some good also. I search Nulon & Penrite oils and found that the recommendations of engine oil was the same for each brand, and for each our cars, the Polo & the Golf V, 1.9 TDI (Nulon Euro 5W-30 & Pentrite Environ+).
Eventually I was swayed to Penrite because it has VW approval, while Nulon meets & exceeds VW standards.
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Two weeks ago the Polo was service and we left the next day for Pt Victoria. The motor of the Polo seemed a bit noisier but nothing really too bad. The next week I drove the Polo I couldn't believe how noisy (rattly) it was even when driving. All the progress I had made was now gone, back to square one. I was very reluctant to change the oil again as the Penrite (and Nulon) cost $90.
During last week I remembered that a few years ago I had bought some Nulon Engine Treatment and not used it. I searched the shed & found it.
Last Tuesday I removed some oil from the sump and added the Nulon in accordance with the instructions. Immediately the engine noise level returned to (close) the pre Penrite oil change. I can now leave the Penrite in the motor until the 105,000 kms oil change, when I will be back with Nulon oil, this time 5W-30 Euro, which will also go in the Golf V, 1.9 TDI..
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This has been my experience with our Polo.
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