My local garage, (in Spain) have used this in my last service/oil change, in February, ( at a horrendous cost too! ).
My vehicle is a Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi 100 BHP. (yr 2002)
Can any of you knowledgable chaps tell me if this is a fully synthetic oil and is it suitable for extended service intervals in the VW PD turbo diesels?
I normally change oil around every 10,000 kilometers, but as we drive to the UK next month for a five week visit, I wonder if a bit over my usual oil change intervals will be OK?
Roger. (in Spain).
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I don't know about this particular oil but, if your Fabia is set up for extended (variable) service intervals, then the oil must be to VW specification 506.01. You should check this with the garage.
In the UK Fabias can only be run on normal service intervals so the pdi engines must use oil to VW specification 505.01
If your car is definitely on variable service intervals then the car will 'inform' you when it needs servicing. I would think that an oil change at 10,000 kms would be well within the requirements if not rather over the top.
You need to check the service code for your car. If you look at the sticker in your service book and/or the boot of the car, the bottom left digits will read either QG0, QG1 or QG2.
QG0 is annual service or 10,000 miles (15,000 kms)
QG1 is variable service interval
QG2 is fixed service intervals.
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I've just found a reference to BP Visco 5000 oil in a Spanish web site at www.bplubricantes.es/bplubricantes_esp/eo_tourism....l
It would seem that this oil is definitely wrong for your car. There seems to be only one oil that meets 505.01 and none for 506.01
I'm sure that your Spanish is better than mine so you can interpret it better than me! I would consider changing this oil immediately before any engine damage is done.
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I think that oils have got much too complicated.
Most garages have no idea what oil to put in a VW, and many do not care as long as they sell you something.
Bring back Castol GTX.
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I should point out, perhaps, that my local dealer is a very large VW and Skoda main dealer in Marbella. Very professional outfit, so I am inclined to think they must know what they are doing about lubricating oil for all the VW Group engines!
Roger. (in Spain).
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With respect, I would still check very carefully. The whole oil thing for VW pdi engines has become a minefield; witness the number of postings in this forum in the past. There have been a number of instances in the UK of VW dealers not knowing the correct oils for these engines.
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Yes, bert-j, I am doing just that! I have sent an e-mail to BP tech. help asking if this oil is suitable. I have to say the BP site is pretty user unfriendly and getting answers in plain English from it is not easy!
Roger. (in Spain).
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In answer to your first question, yes, the oil you mention is a fully synthetic, and IMO should be ok in your car as long as its changed after 10k km. The PD specific stuff is fully synthetic but designed for longer service intervals.
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Maybe
www.millersoils.net/index2.html
is a 505.01 semi-synthetic.
And lots of synthetics are not on the PD list.
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Sorry, that should have pointed to XFE-PD.
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Sprice
Sorry to labour the point. Just because an oil is synthetic does not mean that it is suitable for VW pdi engines. As someone else has pointed out there are semi-synthetic oils suitable for specification 505.01 as well as synthetic. Oils to 505.01 and 506.01 have specific additives to cope with the very high pressure mechanical injectors used in these engines. To repeat, oils for these engines must be to specification 505.01 or 506.01 otherwise severe (and very expensive) engine damage could result.
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Well, bert-j, I grovel you were right the dealer doesn't know what they are doing!
I emailed BP lubricants Espana and their reply says NO - visco 5000 5W-40 does not meet VW 505.01.
The BP oil which does meet this spec. is Visco Special V 5W-40.
So - a letter to the Service Manager has been faxed, including a copy of BP's web page specifications for all their products which are VW approved for the Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi PD vehicle.
We shall see!
Roger. (in Spain).
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Roger - please don't grovel! I'm glad you got it sorted. How many cars has the dealer sold and serviced with the wrong oil?! You probably need to document what's happened and perhaps inform VW/Skoda to safeguard yourself in future. Another thought - when you change the oil make sure that you change the oil filter as well.
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OK Bert I wont!
Amazingly enough the grotty little Skoda sealer in Algeciras got the oil right - they have been putting Repsol in, which in big letters on the can says "VW 505.01" !
As we are driving to the UK, via Boulogne/Dover,in early August, I was budgeting for at least an oil & filter change sometime in our trip. Now, it will have to be sooner, rather than later, but I am going to push for Autos Safamar,S.A., Marbella, to at the least, pay for it!
Roger. (in Spain).
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too right bert-j. Last time I looked at a can of Castrol SLX fully-synth, apart from listing what specs it did meet, it actually specifically said it did not meet VW 505.01.
Regards
JS
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Castrol SLX11 meets VW spec 506.1, and it "only" costs £12 per litre.
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BP Visco 5000
A super-premium quality SAE 5W-40 fully synthetic multigrade engine oil formulated using highly advanced base stocks to provide superior performance to conventional engine oils, particularly in relation to oxidation stability, volatility control and viscosity stability.
The performance of the base stocks has been enhanced by the incorporation of carefully selected additives containing ashless dispersants, detergents, oxidation inhibitors and ZDDP for anti-wear performance.
Applications
Recommended for all late model passenger cars, including those with normally aspirated, turbo-charged, LPG, dual fuel or leaded/unleaded engines
Suitable for diesel engines in passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
I use this stuff in my own car with annual oil change - its absolutely brilliant.
Best regards.
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