What motul 300v do you run Alex ? When you click above it takes you to 10w40?Motul 300V and Miller Nanodrive are the big hitting ester oils but also big prices.
Most will find that Castrol Edge or Shell Helix are fine and when my engines been in bits after running Stg3 on those oils everything was still within original tolerances.
I think frequent changes are key.
I do use Motul 300V now but with good reason.
What motul 300v do you run Alex ? When you click above it takes you to 10w40?
504 spec synthetic.
Its in the manual, it helps minimise buildup deposits over 502 spec. TFSI can be a gunky system.
2+ should not determine the oil, just change it a little more regularly and let the engine warm up before you flog it.
The recirc / PCV and intake seem to get the worst of it, I'm tempted to get my intake walnut blasted as it has 110k kms on it (70k miles).
Seems to be fairly uncommon here, Australia was brought up on Japanese cars and NA 6 and 8 cylinder cars.
There may not be much difference between 502 and 504 otherwise, but anything to stop the gunk is a good idea IMO.
It's a very long thread,but the useful parts re valve gunk are here.....The recirc / PCV and intake seem to get the worst of it, I'm tempted to get my intake walnut blasted as it has 110k kms on it (70k miles).
Seems to be fairly uncommon here, Australia was brought up on Japanese cars and NA 6 and 8 cylinder cars.
There may not be much difference between 502 and 504 otherwise, but anything to stop the gunk is a good idea IMO.
Thanks, always up to read some more.
Intresting I was chatting to my mates dad he has been a mechanic for over 25yrs ,and i was saying I might get the oil done every 5k/6months and he said be careful with the sump plug etc as you can wear the thread something to keep an eye onHmmmm just curious now this thread been brought to life, what ya reckon the time scale is for a stage 2+ tuned car then?
Every 5k miles or 6 months depending on what comes first?
Intresting I was chatting to my mates dad he has been a mechanic for over 25yrs ,and i was saying I might get the oil done every 5k/6months and he said be careful with the sump plug etc as you can wear the thread something to keep an eye on
All the better reason to invest in an oil extractor.
5k/6months seems a bit excessive? Ive been doing the 10k/12months cycle since I got my car and never had any issues. Although ive only been stage 2+ for around 6 months now. The 5k service interval sounds more like that of a fully tuned Lancer Evo or something lol.
With 360hp how can you not frequently thrash it and for the minimal cost I think it's worth it for peace of mindYeah thats true Alex. I will mention this to my mechanic and see what his opinion is. I think it probably has a lot to do with how you drive it. Frequent thrashing probably needs more oil changes. At least I would assume that's the way it would work!
Oh, and just looked my last receipt and its "Quantum Longlife III" that was used.
I filled in the oil look up form thing and the millers oil it recommended clearly states for standard spec engine ?
I filled in the oil look up form thing and the millers oil it recommended clearly states for standard spec engine ?
Yeah I see your point. And yeah I got the sump cleaned and pickup pipe done at my last service, as like you said some shocking oil pickup pipe photos!With 360hp how can you not frequently thrash it and for the minimal cost I think it's worth it for peace of mind