well this is my first contribution to the gti world. i have already found out there is a ton of knowledge on this board but i like to find things out myself. in the process i found some info that my benefit us all...
i went to the vw dealer to see when they believed i should be changing the oil for the first time (due to the fact it was good to change your oil aorund 1000 miles to remove shavings). my questions were... when should i change it for the first time? at that point what should i change it to? when is it safe to switch to synthetic?
these were the answers, not made up by me, straight from the dealers mouth... change it for the first time at 5k, there is now such thing as break in oil anymore. it should be changed to 5w40 and a vw filter should be used. ok, the good stuff here... i asked what brand of oil should i use, they said either mobil or castrol synthetic... i asked about to the switching to sythetic at 5k. they said that the car comes with sythetic so it's not a switch. SO, A NOTE TO EVERYONE. do not switch to sythetic at 10k, always use it, the car comes with it.
the only thing that is still up in the air on this issue for me is that mobil 1 is switching their base... is this true? is mobil 1 cutting there quality or what? i saw a thread on this and would like to learn as much as i can before my first oil change.
thanks guys. i look forward to learning and contributing as much as i can for say the next 10 years.
also, my questions... since mobil 1 (only found in 5w30 to begin with) may not be a full sythetic now we have a few choices... delvac, amsoil (also a 5w30), and vavoline 5w40... why do so few of us run vavoline?
i went to the vw dealer to see when they believed i should be changing the oil for the first time (due to the fact it was good to change your oil aorund 1000 miles to remove shavings). my questions were... when should i change it for the first time? at that point what should i change it to? when is it safe to switch to synthetic?
these were the answers, not made up by me, straight from the dealers mouth... change it for the first time at 5k, there is now such thing as break in oil anymore. it should be changed to 5w40 and a vw filter should be used. ok, the good stuff here... i asked what brand of oil should i use, they said either mobil or castrol synthetic... i asked about to the switching to sythetic at 5k. they said that the car comes with sythetic so it's not a switch. SO, A NOTE TO EVERYONE. do not switch to sythetic at 10k, always use it, the car comes with it.
the only thing that is still up in the air on this issue for me is that mobil 1 is switching their base... is this true? is mobil 1 cutting there quality or what? i saw a thread on this and would like to learn as much as i can before my first oil change.
thanks guys. i look forward to learning and contributing as much as i can for say the next 10 years.
also, my questions... since mobil 1 (only found in 5w30 to begin with) may not be a full sythetic now we have a few choices... delvac, amsoil (also a 5w30), and vavoline 5w40... why do so few of us run vavoline?