losing oil?
#32
RE: losing oil?
^ Wow, talk about pissing money away. There are plenty of oils that will work equally as well for ~$5/qt
Those oils are ones that paid to get them approved. Other oils meet the same specs but never paid to get that appoved status. But there are people in hot weather citys that run 50w oil also. Also he only said he did that on ones that consumed higher than normal amounts of oil
ORIGINAL: JettaRedII
Holy Cow! Where'd you pull that out of?
Audi publishes a list of approved oils. I suggest you stick with that.
Holy Cow! Where'd you pull that out of?
Audi publishes a list of approved oils. I suggest you stick with that.
#33
RE: losing oil?
ORIGINAL: cincyTT
Those oils are ones that paid to get them approved.
Those oils are ones that paid to get them approved.
#39
RE: losing oil?
the approval list is bs. A while back when we first started to distribute redline fluids I got a informational packet the said to raise the weight of the oil if using a synthetic. Synthetics are naturally thinner than coventional. also the 10w60 I use is from lubro moly. Same company as liqui moly. When synthetics started to become popular I remember alot of the older 8v engines used to trigger the oil lights because the synthetic couldnt make the pressure. So instead of running 5w30 we went to 10w40 and the cars tan perfect. Also you want to always have high oil pressure throughout the engine, this has been a fact for a really long time.
#40
RE: losing oil?
That's fine, but I think 5w-40 or 0w-40 is plenty viscous for a newer engine. Also, if I have turbo failure due to lack of oil lubrication, I want to make sure I have the recommended type in. The idea is to have the best friction protection at the highest flow rate and to ensure that the oil gets to the tightest areas. 40W is going to flow more easily at higher temps than 60W. If you are able to use (or need to use) 60W, it's because the engine is worn more. I would not use a 60W (or even a 50W) in a newer engine.