After using German Castrol on my mkv back in the day my mpgs went up significantly.
Pros: increased mpgs
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
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A few years back I picked up an S65 engined M3 (E90) after work on a Friday. I hit the 155mph limiter that night, Sunday morning it was doing track duty. In 3 years and 50,000 miles it had 3 oil changes and the 1qt of Castrol Edge TWS I kept in the trunk for top-ups still had some oil in it!
Pros: low oil consumption, good for track use
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 80467 km
Part number: EDGE TWS
have used Castrol 5w-40 as VW calls for and change at 5000 mile intervals. Now at 129K, it still uses one or two quarts between changes and performs as well or better than new.
Pros: performs better than new
Cons: uses one or two quarts
My car uses about 0.5 qts of oil every 5000 miles. I think castrol 5W 40 is the best oil for this car.
Pros: best oil for this car
Cons: uses about 0.5 qts
I did notice the German Castrol had a smoothing effect on the big 5-cyl.
Pros: smoothing effect
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
For my 24v I use: Castrol Edge Professional OE 5w40
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Best oil IMO is Castrol 10w40 high mileage part synthetic, usually good specials at local auto parts stores and Walmart.
Pros: good specials
Cons: too thin, burned off quickly
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I'm in LA and I use castrol oe professional 5w-40 on my rebuilt 16v. The best oil I've used so far in my mk2 and I've tried a lot (Rotella t6 5w-40 Mobil 1 15w-50 and Total Elf 5w-40) all synthetics. Try it out. You won't be disappointed.
Pros: best oil used
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I use 5w-40 Castrol Syntech oil in my 2010 3.6 CC. I believe that if you are going to keep the car for a long time( over 100k miles) then I would use the thicker oil for better lubrication and wear protection. Owners in warmer areas like myself should use the 5w-40 due to the higher summer temperatures which will break-down the 5w-30 oil faster than the 5w-40 oil especially after a 10k oil change period.
Pros: better lubrication, better wear protection
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I've been running Castrol 5w40 in my car and have had no problems.
Pros: no problems
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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