Engine Oil!

[vee_dub]

Hey Everyone,

I am researching on some engine oil for my mk3, please help me which one is better for the dub.

For mobile 1. But I dunno which vicosity is suitable for the dub!

My car is getting old, just wondering is it better to use thicker oil??

Thank You,
Fred

[golfvr6]

always used mobil 1 synthetic on the vr6 - but have read something saying that changing to synthetic on an old engine can give trouble? anyone else care to comment?

[worm]

I always thought that using the expensive fully synthetic oil in older engines was useless as it leaks past the rings and other places

[Golf Loon]

Synthetic is ok, but you must flush out all the old oil and change the filter. I once blew a rod out through the side of a block in my Scirocco Storm by putting in synthetic, without changing the filter. I`m older and wiser now.

I use Castrol Magnatec in most of my VWs and they seem to like it

[syncro]

Synthetic's the only way to go. But make sure it is really synthetic like Mobil 1. Use only genuine filters.

[SOHC]

I m using 5W-30 from Castrols...Synthetic
man i ain't using geniune oil filters...using the popular Ryco

[WABIT]

Synthetic is ok, but you must flush out all the old oil and change the filter. I once blew a rod out through the side of a block in my Scirocco Storm by putting in synthetic, without changing the filter. I`m older and wiser now.

I use Castrol Magnatec in most of my VWs and they seem to like it

gee wow!!!

wabit

[Bug_racer]

I'll stand by genuine or OEM oil filters
Ive heard of reports of engines blowing due to oil pressure problems on cars in US and I've seen cars that wont run correctly cause the fuel filter has blocked up not allowing fuel flow

Do you know what oil / fuel pressure our engines run at and what oil / fuel pressure ryco / repco oil filters are rated at ?

[golf3]

Is that a rhetorical question?

[syncro]

:...using the popular Ryco

Very Bad

[vinderliker]

I am using Valvoline Max Life in the ageded Passat it is supposed to recondition the rings and seals. I have been given advice from the local VW guru Peter that I should stick to a good mineral based oil. I also added some Nulon engine stuff to it as well at the last oil change and there is no tappity sounds or metallicy unusual noises whilst in the engine is in motion.

[SOHC]

:...using the popular Ryco

Very Bad

owww... is it that bad?? damn, i juz bought one to put on my car... coz i thought genuine would be expensive, then i betta grab one up

[vee_dub]

Man thanks for all this comments.

I learnt heaps.
Yep I heard vw dealer use castrol magnatec.

So I really dont know, Mobile 1 or Magnatec.

I got a genuine filter already, I bought two of them last time so I hope i wont blow my rods out ...woooo bang!


Cheer,

Fred.

[vinderliker]

I just used a valvoline filter,only cause they were on special as the same time I bought the oil, was I wrong to do this? Should I have got a filter from someone in the Know?[/quote]

[imported_brackie]

For the dieselheads

I use Valvoline Blue diesel engine oil in my 3 diesels and my 2 tractors. It's about $80 for a 20L drum at Cummins. I also get my oil, air and fuel filters from them. They ain't OEM but I've been using them for years and years with never a problem. I have to admit that I'm a filter change fanatic and it's paid off over the years.

Nulon products? The only experience I've had of them is their anti-friction Tefon oil additive. I was impressed when Marlows in WA treated a Holden engine with it then dropped the oil out and drove it from Perth to Bunbury and back. The RAC oversaw the operation and reported no damage to the engine. I used it in my first Golf diesel and clocked up 180,000km and the engine still ran like new. I reckon it also improved performance and fuel economy but probably not by much.

Back to the subject of filters......I can remember (vaguely) a report on filters in "Choice" magazine back in the 80's. It certainly confirmed that "filters ain't filters". Does anybody have it? That would settle the argument once and for all.