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Oil filter Castrol or OEM Volkswagen
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I would go with 0w30 or 0w40. I changed my oil and filter at 1k with castrol 0w40 and it runs just fine. I did find a few metal flakes and slivers in my oil filter. Guess they were left overs from being built.
Pros: runs just fine
Cons: metal flakes and slivers
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 1000 km
I always recommend using a genuine VW oil filter.
Pros: genuine VW filter
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have used both on our 1.8T and my GTI without any issues.
Pros: no issues
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I service mine @ a local vw tuning shop NGP. Pan drop, filter change @31000mile, the old fluid came out red`ish
Cons: old fluid red`ish
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 49889 km
Original owner of a mk6 R here :wave: my R has ~50k miles on the clock. lightly modded (see sig) and I have never had any issues other than normal wear stuff. plugs/oil/filters u know. car still feels very close to new.
Pros: car still feels new
Cons: normal wear stuff
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 50000 km
I have purchased a new genuine plug, crush washer and oil filter and plan to change the oil and parts together
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
I used the bigger passat 1.8t filters on my DD 2000 jetta with mobil 1 0w40 for over 100k in 4.5 years (135k total on vehicle) and when that car was totalled in a flood, the motor was tight and flawless...
Pros: motor tight and flawless
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 100000 km
Oil filter/housing and the Crank Position Sensor are pretty common leak points. The CPS leak on my own car was like this phantom leak I just couldn't find until a shop fixed it for me.
Pros: common leak points
Cons: phantom leak
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Well she ran out of free oil changes at VW and so I went online to research which oil is recommended to use in the VW and found that just to buy the filter and enough oil that meets the VW specification requirements would cost close to $80. I can buy the stuff to do an oil change in the Lexus for less than $30
Pros: cheaper oil change Lexus
Cons: expensive VW filter, oil
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I've tried this filter and it produced lots more startup rattle from the lifters. Something to watch out for when trying it out.
Cons: produced more startup rattle
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Part number: 068 115 561B
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