What type of oil? + minimum front disc thickness anyone?

madmansi · Post by **madmansi** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:24 pm

Hi Guys

Gonna be doing a 40K service myself (except cambelt -get that done locally) due to stealer prices. Would be grateful if anyone could let me know the following;
What type/spec engine oil does the polo gti have to have -VW will tell you their own!
Also whats the minimum wear thickness for front discs -gti's are thicker than the 1.4 16v going by the haynes manual (which does'nt cover the gti).
Cheers!
Simon

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:38 pm

Not sure on the disc thickness but the oil you will need will be semi-synthetic, 10W40 IIRC. The last time mine was serviced at my local dealership they used Castrol GTX Magnatec. I believe you can fill the car with fully synthetic if you want to

mikegti · Post by **mikegti** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:21 pm

This might help, alternatively you could ask vw parts...

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... brake+disc

99 · Post by 99 » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:45 pm

If it's any help, the minimum thickness for the 1.4 16v 100bhp 6n I believe is 18mm (also not covered by the Haynes manual). At least that's what's stamped on the side of my Brembo Maxs