It is important to keep an eye on oil levels on the vRS as diesels go through their oil a lot quicker than petrol performance cars. You must use an oil which meets specification VW 505 01. The following oils are approved to that specification:
BP Special Visco V 5W-40 (fully synthetic)
Bucher AG Motorex Profile V-XL 5W-40
Carat ad-Diesel PD-Oil 5W-40
Carlube Triple R 5W-40 PD Diesel (fully synthetic)
CARTECHNIC Motorenol Pumpe-Duse 5W-40
Castrol 505.01 5W-40
Castrol GTD 505 01 5W-40
Cepsa Star TDI Synt 5W-40
DEA Ultec Diesel SAE 5W-40
Delek IDI 5W-40
Delphi Prestige Diesel Plus 5W-40 (synthetic-based)
Denicol Pro Syn 4 5W-40
Elf Excellium DID 5W-40
Esso 505 01 5W-40
Eurol Turbo DI 5W-40
Fina Delta 505.01 5W-40
FL Selenia Aktual Top Synth 5W-40
FL Selenia Pulsar Progress 5W-40
FL Selenia Selenia Performer 5W-40
Fuchs Labo Syntha High Tech Synthese 5W-40
Fuchs TITAN Supersyn Plus 5W-40
Fuchs Titan Supersyn SL PD SAE 5W-40 (fully synthetic)
Gulf Oil Gulf TEC Plus 5W-40
Repsol Elite 50501 TDI 5W-40
Shell Helix Diesel Plus VA 5W-40
Texaco Havoline 505.01 5W-40
Total Gulf GDI Extra 5W-40
Total Quartz 505.01 5W-40
Unil Opal Opaljet 505.01 5W-40
VAG-branded 505 01 505 00 High Lubricity Engine Oil 5W-40 - G 052 167 A2
- (Part No: ZGB 115 QLB 00 462 - RRP £32.90 inc VAT for 5 litres)
Valvoline DuraBlend Diesel motor oil SAE 5W-40 (semi-synthetic)
VAPS VAPSOIL 505 01 5W-40
Volkswagen Original Teile Motorenoel G 052 167 A2
Yacco VX 505 5W-40
I would welcome hearing from any Skoda Fabia vRS owners who have used any of the above mentioned oils as I would like to feature a review of the products within this website.
20 February 2008
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