Do I use regular oil or synthetic oil in my vw cabrio.?

Asked by Valerie Feb 26, 2015 at 10:20 PM about the 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS FWD

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All VW /Audis use 5w 40 full syntheic oil. If you go to your local car store like auto zone or canadain tire even wallmart they will have a certain type of oil that is full syntheic for bmw's vw's and mecadies. You need 6 L of oil and if you find a good filter that is made for syntec oil get that. since this is an older modal vehicle i would recomend changing the oil every 8000 km of intown and highway miles combind or if its all high way miles every 10000 km.

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Change the oil every 3,000 miles of 3 months. VW released a Technical Service Bulletin to dealers in 2005 stating that 1998 and later BW 4-cylinder cars should use synthetic oil, recommending 0W-40 or 0W-50 weight. MOBIL1 0W-40 was recommended by VW in Germany at the top of its list. Costs about $28 at Walmart for a 5-liter jug. The 4 cylinder 2.0 gas engine in your cabrio uses 4.2 liters. Just did my oil change to synthetic earlier this week, and made significant difference in egnine performance.

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i personaly use castrol 5W 40 full synthec which can be bought at the same place. It will say for bmw, mercadies, vw, and audi right on the jug.

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Will the mobile 1 o40 synthetic stop the low warning light from flashing

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