Polo GT TDI Engine oil

[TomS]

Hi Guys

My 54 plate GT is on the long life service schedule. Just wondered if I wanted to get some oil just to keep in the car for top ups..... what oil would VW be using for the long life services?

Thanks in advance

Tom

[GR33NIE]

The same oil they use for the longlife service I think, It's not cheap

My GT was on the longlife plan and I switched back to regular service intervals, works best for me because I mostly do short trips

[RITCHAT]

Hi Guys

My 54 plate GT is on the long life service schedule. Just wondered if I wanted to get some oil just to keep in the car for top ups..... what oil would VW be using for the long life services?

Thanks in advance

Tom

I had used castrol magnatec 10w30 semi synthetic as an emergency top up when my light started to show orange. I don't know why the light came on as it has never used any oil since that time. I now use vw 0w/30 now and have some spare just in case it shows orange again.

[david burton]

For small top ups I wouldn't be fussed with the longlife, if you only are putting a small amount in then the Millers PD specific oil would be OK. I think they say this in the manual too.

As soon as you add more than a third or half a litre I'd be using the longlife again. But in reality I would just switch to the normal oil and get it changed every 12 months / 10k miles. I'm not a fan of the longlife servicing.