oil

hi guys just a quick one to rack your brains lol, i have recently replaced every single oil breather hose on my leon mk1 however the crankcase breather has just split again :cry: so would it be a better idea replace these with silicone hoses or an oil catch tank :confused: and would the catch...

I have an FR130 tdi 2006 - whilst on holiday the spanner symbol came up on the dashboard with the word "oil" next to it. When i reached my destination - i put the small amount of oil i cary round in my boot in the engine (500ml?) hoping this would top it up sufficiently to get me home. The...

on a sustained spirited run during the summer my oil temps reached 120 degrees:blink: which is a tad concerning...... IIRC the standand setup on a PD130 engine has an oil cooler at the base of the oil filter. Is there an upgrade / possible swap from another VAG car that's a bigger cooler...

My Seat ibiza 1.6 sport year 2000 cut out tonight when the warning oil pressure light came on and will not start, checked the oil leval and all is good. Oh and when i say cut out i mean i was driving along and the engine just cut and will not start. any mechanics on here that might have...

hi everyone, basically i have just purchased an oil catch tank and want to fit it to my lcr, i really dont understand what i have to do from what i have read, can anyone clear up for me exactly what i need to buy and how to fit it, it has 2 12mm inlets and a little clear tube runnig up the side...

Dear All, I went to view a 1.6 Leon which has 48K on the clock and full Seat Service History from a Seat Dealer today. Everything looked fine untill I looked at the oil cap which had quite a bit of White stuff and also at the top of the oil cap neck on the engine side. Does this mean a...

Do you have to undo the oil feed, unplug the crank sensor then turn it over a few times until it starts comin out, then funnel a touch of oil into the turbo to make sure its got plenty of oil? After you've dropped the old and added the new.

Just thought id start a thread to have a rant about euro car parts and their ignorant employees. I planned on doing an oil and filter change after breaking in the engine fully, so id done about 2000miles. Didnt want to take it to the dealership because of the cost and its not a difficult job...

Hi, just wondering if the engine oil used in the ibiza 1.6 tdi's is called platinum? Any help would be great. Thanks

Hi All, Checked my oil today & was somewhere between min & full so went to top it up. When I removed the filler cap it was full of light brown gunk !!! Any idea what it is or why it's there ? I'm worried something is seriously wrong !!! Had a 2 year service back in Nov 09 & the car has done...

hi peeps how do i check the oil level in the gearbox ?? also how would i change the oil ? what parts would i need and oil ?? its on a 1.8 'X' plate.

I have done a search but got confused with the numerous threads. I think I am due my 90k service, last one at 80k. On my receipt for oil it states AMD put 5 30 in but I am sure when I spoke to AMD they said the receipt was wrong and they had used 10 40 semi synth. I have a new 10 40 Magnetec...

just wonderign if there are best filters than other and im pretty sure you can get better quality oils from what iv herd so any addvice for my service?

Was washing the car today and noticed through the mesh in the front bumper that from where the pipe goes into the FMIC (bottom left hand side when looking at car from front) there appears to be quite a lot of oil/soot type muck on the outside of the FMIC. The side nearest this pipe is definitely...

I've just drove up to my house left the car outside ideling because I was only grabbing some stuff plus no spaces in street. Anyways as I went to pull away the car cut out after the oil light flashed 3 times. I've put a litre of oil back in and it was fine but I'm just wondering if anyone would...

Hiya folks, I checked the oil level on my petrol FR today and it was on the low side. Is 5w40 the correct oil to top it up with? cheers for any help.

Right guys and girls. My car is being purchased by a friend of mine next month, Being a nice person i ideally need to get this resolved. I have a mk1 FR 1.8T, I checked the oil the other day and it seemd to have gone down since last checked. I topped it up a little and all good...

hi i am new to all this and have just regerstered, iv spent a load of money on my LCR and the other day the red oil light started flashing first at 4,000 rpm then 10 mins later at 3,000rpm then another 10 mins 2,000rpm, then it just stays flashing even on tic-over then about 100 miles...

Evenin guys. Iv noticed that my idle boost varies between 20ish and just over 25. Itl stay at 20, then a little tap on peddle drops to 25. It does this when hot or cold. It only manages to hold 11psi boost, when before has hit 13 when it pulled so much better. So me thinking iv got a leak, had...

How many litres of oil is an FR/Cupra engine designed to hold? I was getting beeps on roundabouts saying I was low so forked out £45 for 4 litres of Castrol Edge 5w-30 and used every last drop and still wasn't at the max!!!!!!????? :wtf: