Coolant and oil levels

[TElwoody]

nope, don't think it'll come with one as VW is now all about cost savings in the name of profit. Stupid Capatalism

[Trantor]

Over the last few years I’ve owned an Audi A1 1.4 COD, Polo 6C GTI and now a Polo GTI+. First two cars I had for 3 years each and didn’t need any fluid tops up of any kind between services. The Audi was supplied with an oil top up bottle but I never had to use it. Neither GTI were supplied with oil top up. I’ve only had the GTI+ for two months and done 1490 miles, but so far no top ups required.

[monkeyhanger]

Over the last few years I’ve owned an Audi A1 1.4 COD, Polo 6C GTI and now a Polo GTI+. First two cars I had for 3 years each and didn’t need any fluid tops up of any kind between services. The Audi was supplied with an oil top up bottle but I never had to use it. Neither GTI were supplied with oil top up. I’ve only had the GTI+ for two months and done 1490 miles, but so far no top ups required.

Both our GTI+ (2018 no PPF, 2019 with PPF) came with a litre of Mobil One, both from Listers of Nuneaton. Previous Golf GTD, Golf R and Scirocco 170TDI GT from Pulmans did not. 5 VWs before that, supplied by Benfield (now Lookers) got top up oil. Seems to be dealership dependent. My oil from Listers was itemised on both invoices.

My 2018 GTI+ was serviced on Aug 1st and hadn't used a drop of oil in 1 year/8500 miles.

[Rocky5]

Greetings Monkeyhanger ,
I have read all your posts in the last twelve months and found to be very very helpful. My deep respect for you, Sir.
Do you know what oil grade the garage use at your recent service?
Once again thank you for your wisdom.

[monkeyhanger]

Greetings Monkeyhanger ,
I have read all your posts in the last twelve months and found to be very very helpful. My deep respect for you, Sir.
Do you know what oil grade the garage use at your recent service?
Once again thank you for your wisdom.

Hi Rocky,

I didn't have any oil grade stipulated on my invoice for the servicing, and my boot is full of Christmas presents that i'm going to have to sneak out of the car and into the loft after the kids have gone to bed, so can't get into the area under the boot floor to check my top up oil spec. I'm pretty sure that the Polo can use 0W30 and 5W30 fully synthetic, depending on climate/region, either to VW 504.00 or 507.00 grades. If in doubt and you don't have a top up oil, ask at your local dealership parts dept. I'll check my fuel filler flap sticker later to see if it states oil spec as well as fuel spec.

[OomStu_ZA]

Loll I just posted this in another chat and wasnt sure how to move it across to here. Sorry guys.

I went and bought a 1L top up at VW on Friday and was given 5w-40 for my GTI.

[RUM4MO]

Any air in the system will finally make its way to the highest point in the system and so it will get carried onwards into the reservoir by that small hose - by design.

So, does that mean that when the factory filled up the car with coolant, there might have been air in the system, which over the last 6 weeks (since owning the car) has resulted in the small drop in coolant level?

The factory would never plan for any air being left in the cooling system -but as it has self purging built in, if any air got left in, it would end up in the reservoir and coolant would replace the air and so the level would drop slightly, I'd guess for efficiency the cooling system would get evacuated prior to being back filled with coolant - ie all in one process/operation.

[Rocky5]

Greetings Monkeyhanger ,
I have read all your posts in the last twelve months and found to be very very helpful. My deep respect for you, Sir.
Do you know what oil grade the garage use at your recent service?
Once again thank you for your wisdom.

Hi Rocky,

I didn't have any oil grade stipulated on my invoice for the servicing, and my boot is full of Christmas presents that i'm going to have to sneak out of the car and into the loft after the kids have gone to bed, so can't get into the area under the boot floor to check my top up oil spec. I'm pretty sure that the Polo can use 0W30 and 5W30 fully synthetic, depending on climate/region, either to VW 504.00 or 507.00 grades. If in doubt and you don't have a top up oil, ask at your local dealership parts dept. I'll check my fuel filler flap sticker later to see if it states oil spec as well as fuel spec.

Hi Mankyhanger,

Please see my post:" Re: CORRECT OIL GRADE FOR POLO GTI"

[Rocky5]

Hi Monkeyhanger,
Apologies, I misspelled your name in my earlier post.

[TElwoody]

Over the last few years I’ve owned an Audi A1 1.4 COD, Polo 6C GTI and now a Polo GTI+. First two cars I had for 3 years each and didn’t need any fluid tops up of any kind between services. The Audi was supplied with an oil top up bottle but I never had to use it. Neither GTI were supplied with oil top up. I’ve only had the GTI+ for two months and done 1490 miles, but so far no top ups required.

Both our GTI+ (2018 no PPF, 2019 with PPF) came with a litre of Mobil One, both from Listers of Nuneaton. Previous Golf GTD, Golf R and Scirocco 170TDI GT from Pulmans did not. 5 VWs before that, supplied by Benfield (now Lookers) got top up oil. Seems to be dealership dependent. My oil from Listers was itemised on both invoices.

My 2018 GTI+ was serviced on Aug 1st and hadn't used a drop of oil in 1 year/8500 miles.

Lookers nuneaton has a 4.6 rating and 450 reviews. I was working up that way before i got my Polo and popped in to have a look at on and was thoroughly impressed with their professionalism and manner. was made to feel special and well looked after. I will be very tempted to head up that way if i get another VW in the future. They are about 130 miles away for me but worth it.

[monkeyhanger]

Over the last few years I’ve owned an Audi A1 1.4 COD, Polo 6C GTI and now a Polo GTI+. First two cars I had for 3 years each and didn’t need any fluid tops up of any kind between services. The Audi was supplied with an oil top up bottle but I never had to use it. Neither GTI were supplied with oil top up. I’ve only had the GTI+ for two months and done 1490 miles, but so far no top ups required.

Both our GTI+ (2018 no PPF, 2019 with PPF) came with a litre of Mobil One, both from Listers of Nuneaton. Previous Golf GTD, Golf R and Scirocco 170TDI GT from Pulmans did not. 5 VWs before that, supplied by Benfield (now Lookers) got top up oil. Seems to be dealership dependent. My oil from Listers was itemised on both invoices.

My 2018 GTI+ was serviced on Aug 1st and hadn't used a drop of oil in 1 year/8500 miles.

Lookers nuneaton has a 4.6 rating and 450 reviews. I was working up that way before i got my Polo and popped in to have a look at on and was thoroughly impressed with their professionalism and manner. was made to feel special and well looked after. I will be very tempted to head up that way if i get another VW in the future. They are about 130 miles away for me but worth it.

They're about 200 miles from me, but when the new car is 12% discount without haggling, and they trailer it up to a place of your choosing, it was well worth it.