I ran Castrol GTX 10w-30 (yes, dinosaur remnants) for about 100-120k miles with zero consumption or other problems.
Pros: zero consumption, no other problems
Mileage: 193121 km
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I have apr stg2 and i change my oil every 5k with mobil1 5w30 and it never burns a drop!
Pros: never burns a drop
Mileage: 5000 km
I have an 09 Jetta Sportwagen with a APR stage 1 ECU upgrade (since 2000 miles) and have 63,500 miles on the car. I have changed the oil every 10,000 and the oil is only down about 1/4 quart after 10,000 miles. I have done an oil analysis with Blackstone labs every oil change and the report comes back with the oil looks great and to extend the change to 11,000 miles! The report also shows my engine wearing betting than average.
Pros: oil looks great, engine wearing better
Cons: oil down 1/4 quart
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 63500 km
Mine doesn't use any, and it gets an italian tuneup every time I start it. Running Rotella T6 5w40
Pros: no oil consumption
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
mobil 1 5-40 diesel truck blend has it, just referenced my blackstone labs report after 6k miles was still over 1000
Pros: high zinc levels, good after 6k miles
Mileage: 9656 km
Over 50k big turbo miles on Mobil 1 10w 30 full synthetic. I love the oil, try some 10w 30 :thumbup:
Pros: loved the oil
Mileage: 80467 km
here in hawaii i'm running 15-50 with 8k or so intervals. oil test has com eup clean. motul oil as of last oil change, pentosin before that. when i ship my car, i will be swtiching to a lighter weight as i will actually see outside temps below 70* motul FTW:beer: i say run 10-40 motul, this one.. http://www.sears.com/motul-839451-6100-synergie-10w-40-technosynthese/p-SPM7359011402P
Pros: clean oil test, good performance
I have a 08 2.5 Been using Pentosin 5w-40 so far so good
Pros: so far so good
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I noticed that unlike all of the other S52s his engine wasn't ticking. I asked him why he thought that was and he said it was because he uses Liqui-Moly 10w-60.
Pros: no engine ticking
Vehicle:
BMW
Me...I'll stick to CASTROL EDGE 5w50...over a quarter of a million miles in an actual SCIROCCO.
Pros: quarter million miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
Mileage: 402336 km
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