I use 5w50 Castrol, just coats my rides power like white on rice!
Pros: coats power well
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The 3 vanagons I owned, seemed to do the best on GTX 20w50.
Pros: best performance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I stick to Castrol GTX 20W50. Use a Mann or Mahle filter only. Bosch if you're in a pinch.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
The German-made Castrol 0W30 is an excellent oil. I would use it without hesitation.
Pros: excellent oil
I am using Castrol 0w-30 Synthetic. The Castrol distribuitor here in my country has a Audi A4 and he recomend to use 0w-30 synthetic. This oil meet VW specs. My dealer also recomend the same.
Pros: meets VW specs, dealer recommends
Vehicle:
Audi A4
I was running Mobil1 5W30 and switched to Castrol Syntec 5W50...I noticed 2 things...first, the engine became a lot quieter...less ping sound...secondly, the gas mileage went up...
Pros: engine became quieter, gas mileage up
Vehicle:
Infiniti
On my car (1992 SLC VR6) on a 100 degree humid summer day, I see a max of 260 degree Farenheit on my oil temp display. I'm running Castol (non-synthetic) 20w-50w in the summer, but I switch to 5w-30w or any of the less expensive 5w-xx oils during the winter. I've been doing this for 5 years now, changing the oil & filter every 3000 miles, and so far, no problems.
Pros: no problems, 5 years
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
Mileage: 4828 km
I spent ages today on the phone to numerous SEAT dealers, VW dealers, SEAT HQ, VW HQ, Castrol and Millers. The bottom line is total confusion everywhere. I rang 12 SEAT dealers - all but one (I'll come back to which one)said that VW 505.01 must be (and is)used.
Pros: VW 505.01 must be used
Cons: total confusion everywhere
i pay 8 bux a liter for Castrol TWS MotorSport 10w60 oil...so, that's like 42 bux (after tax) for 5 liters, then next change i'll pay like like 29ish for 4 liters...since i have a half liter or more leftover from the last change... then like 6 bux for OEM filter, drain plug and seal... so...48 bux/35 bux per change for me, just for oil & filter...
Surveys on several VW forums have Castrol 20w50 a clear winner for quality, price and availability, but other good brands like Valvoline, BP, Shell etc get honourable mentions too.
Pros: winner for quality, price
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Beetle
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