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    Which oil?

    I am about to do my first oil change on the Little Beastie. I have a short list, please comment as this would be a great help. When Matt put the SEAT 1.8 in he said it had around 120k, and he uses Castrol, and the CVWC uses Fuchs, or so confusing. I have had good results previously with Valvoline Max Life and then HPR 40 with the old wheezer engine.

    Valvoline - Engine Armour
    Fuchs - Titan GT Plus
    Titan Super GTO
    Castrol - Magnatec 10w 40
    GTX3 15w40
    Nulon - 15w40 Modern Engine Oil
    Penrite - HPR 10

    Most of these I think a blends.
    Old Skool Passat Power Rules!!!
    1974 Passat LS with a SEAT 1.8, 32/36 Weber, full performance exhaust and a K&N filter. 80kw at the wheels??
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    The only advice I have is that you may be on the thin side with the grade, I would be putting in a 20 or 25W instead of a 10 or 15 as if it is not consuming oil now, going to a thin grade may not help in that stake.

    I am not sure if you know what weight is in it now... but I would not go any thinner.

    I may be too cautious!

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      If your engine is only around 120k old I wouldn't be going too thicker grade either.

      With engine out of my old beater, which is now in the gti & nearly 400k old, I run Mobil Super XHP 15w-40 from rebuild (a very long time ago) & have never had any problem's at all. No oil consumption ever.

      I also run this in my mum's Mk2.


      The oil's you have used in the past like HPR40 are for older engine's which are on the worn out side of thing's & are for mainly curing engine knock, blowing smoke etc. I wouldn't be running that in a fresher engine.

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        After reviewing this thread and doing some more research I am still confused. It sometimes smokes on start up and I have a few leaks from the pan and the bolt( will replace sumpwasher. Can anyone please help me?????????????????
        Old Skool Passat Power Rules!!!
        1974 Passat LS with a SEAT 1.8, 32/36 Weber, full performance exhaust and a K&N filter. 80kw at the wheels??

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        • #5
          looking up the haynes manual, it recommends 5-40 to 20-50 for the petrol engines. my 2.0l has 138000kms and i changed it over from 15-40 to 5-40 (fully synthetic) and am having no issues...
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          • #6
            If you go to the VW "Erwin" site you can register and login free of charge and there you will find a free download of all VW approved oils. Most synthetics brands are listed.
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