oil

Hi All Ive recently just bought a 54 reg Seat Leon Fr 150 which has been remapped to 210bhp. Im already feeding the car additives in the diesel but im looking to drop the oil and replace it over the next week. Can anyone gove me any advise on what I should or shouldnt use and also if there is...

Hi all, I recently bought a 1.4 mk1 leon, its done 93k miles which i now is quite steep but i got it for a bargain, i new there were engine problems when i bought it, but after just 3 days they're already bugging me, i bought it off my uncle who says he's going to swap the engine out...

Light beneath the oil temp started flashing the other day, we changed the oil and thought we had fixed it but its back again and the turbo is barely audiable compared to its usually quite loud spool. Any ideas of how much this might cost to get fixed? dont want to get ripped off through lack...

hi won a R8 oil filler cap off ebay hoping to fit to my frtdi but one guy who sells them says they need to be modified ? does anyone know if they need to be modified and if so whats the modification

Hi, I have the oil warning light flash and beep three times, it seems to be pretty random. I have checked oil serval times, changed filter and changed oil. I now think it's the sensor or oil pressure, any advise to check either? I have now stopped driving the car until I can resolve...

Hi, i just changed my spark plugs on my 1.6 16v and upod trying to remove coil pack one the oil filler was in the way and unfortuantly i managed to break it off... does any one know if these are replaceable and have a guid of how to do it? luckily when the engine cover is on it holds it in place...

G'Day, I got my 1st service next week and i said that i will supply my own oil as it saves me £60 on the price! I've got a brand new 5ltre container.. is this going to be enough for the oil change? :confused: Cheers Lee

Anyone fitted a R8 oil cap to their LCR?? Do you have any pictures?? im looking in to this but want to see what it looks like first:) Cheers!:p

Ive got a problem with my SEAT IBZIA the car was turning over but not sparking into life. The battery light stays on then the oil light flashes and beeps??

Been to monster Motorsport on friday to have the winter mega service done on the car, was a bargain price for it also got the coolant changed as it was a messy pink colour :blink:but i noticed that the oil grade for the shell helix ultra 5-40w but if ive heard correctly isnt the oil grade ment...

Have got a Mk1 Leon FR TDi with approx 80k miles on the clock. I've only owned it for approx 3k miles & I've noticed that I am getting some whining from the 'box / driveline mainly under acceleration. It goes away when I press the clutch pedal down. Has anyone else experienced this? Question...

I have now twice experienced this effect within one month on my Altea XL 1.9 TDI, 2008. Km's only 15000! After starting the engine and starting driving, after about 100 metres oil pressure light turns on and warning alarm beeps. I turn off the engine, open the engine hood and notice, that...

Alright chaps, Need a bit of advice, need to top up the oil on my 2001 Ibiza Cupra, what can people recommend, according to the previous owner Mobil 1 10w 40 of some sort was used last, now I would usually go to GSF and get what they recommend for that vehicle in the past but that was on not...

hi, I am looking for the correct oil filter cap wrench I can use to replace the oil filter but unfortunately do not know whether the ones described as for the VAG use is suitable (as the my filter cap looks different to me) Would someone be able to confirm that the Altea 1.9TDI actually...

Is the oil 5w 30 castrol the same as the oil from a cheaper make lets say carlube, just wondering cause all the shop had was the cheap stuff, ive always used castrol but had to get some, now i got it im not sure if i will use it. I seem to only like dear things. What make do others use

Got my self a tfsi and every year when cold i seem to have thick sludge stuck to my oil cap, that cant be good, i know i should go on a long run to clear it, what do you think

I just openen up the air filter to find it was covered in oil, how is this possible? where could it have come from? im mistified cheers

Was told at a recent service that remapp was causing car to over fuel. The evidence was in the fact the "oil had a smell of petrol" Run car through diagnostics and all came back fine. Through many phone calls and conversing with many different people I have come to the conclusions that...

I dunno if anyone has this problem... if i drive the car hard and then stop at lights or junction im getting smell of oil coming into cabin... Theres no oil leeking on the ground any ideas what this could be?

Hi, Have been searching the net/these forums for a few hours now to find what oil i should use when i service my 54' Lcr later this week. After reading many many posts, I have established that I need a 0w-30 or 5w-30 oil (more people favoring the 5w-30) that conforms to 503.01 standard (not...