General provisions
All-weather oils are designed to lubricate the engine, which eliminates the need for seasonal (summer Winter) oil change. The basis of all-weather oils is a low-viscosity single-season oil (e.g. 10W). By adding the so-called «viscosity index improvers» stabilization of all-weather oils in a hot state is ensured. In this way, the necessary lubrication of the engine is ensured both in cold and hot conditions.
The SAE designation indicates the viscosity of the engine oil.
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers (Society of Automotive Engineers)
For example: SAE 10 W 40 stands for:
- 10 - viscosity of the oil in a cold state. The lower this number, the lower the viscosity of cold engine oil;
- W - oil is suitable for winter operating conditions;
- 40 - hot oil viscosity. The higher this number, the higher the viscosity of hot engine oil.
The GolDTouran engine is filled with long life engine oil at the factory. This oil is multigrade and thanks to special additives its service life is extended.
When topping up and changing engine oil, use only VW approved extended life oil to ensure a two-year drain interval.
The engine can also be filled with engine oil with a normal service life that complies with the VW standard.
In this case, the indicator/commander must be reprogrammed from the extended service interval to the normal interval of 12 months/15,000 kilometers (work is done in the workshop).
VW standards for extended life engine oils:
- VW Standard - Engine
- 503 00 - petrol
- 506 01 - diesel (see illustration 21.0)
Attention! It is recommended for vehicles with extended service intervals for long trips to have a can of the appropriate engine oil in stock. If a car with an extended maintenance interval requires refueling, but there is no necessary oil in the stock, then you can add no more than 0.5 liters of engine oil of VW 502 00 standard (gasoline engines) or 505 00/505 01 (diesel engines / injection diesel engines unit injector). In this case, the service interval does not need to be changed.
All-season oils with normal service life
This type of engine oil refill is acceptable when the indicator/commander is reprogrammed for normal service and oil change intervals of 12 months or 15,000 kilometers.
VW standards for engine oils with normal service life:
- VW Standard - Engine
- 500 00, 501 01, 502 00 - petrol
- 505 01 - diesel (see illustration 21.0a)
Cars with a gasoline engine
- A - all-weather low-flow oils of the VW 500 00 standard.
- A - all-weather low-flow oils of the VW 502 00 standard.
- B - all-weather oils of the VW 501 01 standard.
- B - all-weather oils of API-SF or API-SG specification. These oils can only be used if no VW-compliant oils are available.
Diesel vehicles
- A - all-weather low-viscosity oils of the VW 500 00 standard together with 505 00.
- B - all-weather oils of the VW 505 00, 505 01 standard.
- B - all-weather oils of the VW 501 01 standard together with 505 00.
- B - all-weather oils of the API-CD specification. These oils can only be used for refueling if no VW-compliant oils are available.
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