oil question for VR6 owners

[VR6child]

I was wondering what weight oil people run in their VR6 12v because there seems to be a lot of different options. If any other VR6 owners could post with what oil they use that would be great. Just the weight and brand is fine. Hopefully it'll be a good reference.

[sydVR6]

Have always run Mobil 1 5w50 in my VR6's.

That's my personal preference. I'm sure others will chime in.

[V®6]

I've only ever used HPR10

[Mrk_Mickey]

Myself and a few others on here seem to be doing fine with Castrol GTX2 20w50. I know myself and Hawk use it because finer oils get burnt away in our VR6's. After a service and even with a bad rocker cover gasket, I've hardly lost any oil and my engine itself feels perfect!

[malteser]

At the moment I'm using Penrite HPR15 which is 15W40 if I remember correctly. I've had no issues and I don't loose much.

[Golf Loon]

I`d use castrol magnatec, synthetic oils are a bit thin for the VR6 and is a waste of meney as the engine was not designed for em and most vr6 motors are a bit worn now.

Just make sure you change the oil filter if changing grades / types of oil.

[chris.]

mobil 1

[The_Hawk]

Yeah GTX2 here after running a fully Sythetic oil for a while. The Fuchs I was running was great except I was burning a bit of it. GTX2 seems to have solved most of that

Oh, did I mention it's cheap too

[Golf Houso]

I'm using Castrol edge sport 5w30, and after 1500k's there is no difference in the oil level and this isn't pussy footing around either...

[MattyT]

Why do we have the exact same thread every few months? Use the search function.

As for upholding my end of "what oil?" thread tradition, I use Penrite SIN15 (15w-40). It takes absolute hell and my engine doesn't burn a drop. Probably overkill but I <3 my dub.

[william]

Why do we have the exact same thread every few months? Use the search function.

As for upholding my end of "what oil?" thread tradition, I use Penrite SIN15 (15w-40). It takes absolute hell and my engine doesn't burn a drop. Probably overkill but I <3 my dub.

you wana here overkill i use motul 20w50 high performance ester oil $90 4L but i love my car and do little ks in it. Its excellent oil but, i havent burned a drop, its cleaning capabily is excellent. ps smells like bananas

[RFMC]

I was running Castrol Edge Sport 5W30, but switched to 10W60 on my last oil change as it was burning off too much of the 5W30. Plus, I thought it was a good idea due to the hot oil temps I was running at the track (142 degrees at Eastern Creek! - an oil cooler is at the top of my shopping list) as it is meant for high oil temps in turbo cars.
It seems to be running well and burning off a lot less oil - 6000km since last oil change and hasn't needed a top up.

[MattyT]

you wana here overkill i use motul 20w50 high performance ester oil $90 4L but i love my car and do little ks in it. Its excellent oil but, i havent burned a drop, its cleaning capabily is excellent. ps smells like bananas

Hahahaha, bananas... I'm buying some for my next service then

[VR6child]

I'm using Castrol edge sport 5w30

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I've also been using this but I think I will go back to mineral oil. Can I just change it in the next oil change or do you need to flush the engine first before swapping synthetic for mineral? I read that it's sometimes not good to flush old engines because the deposits inside help seal the combustion chamber etc.

Also, I heard if you jack up the VR6 one side higher than the other, more than 5L of oil drains out. Any truth in this?

[thestu]

using full synthetic fuch's

super gto 10w40