the info is correct. I find the Castrol and Mobil 1 most consistently at Autozone. The Castrol is called Edge now, I think.
Pros: consistently at Autozone
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I have an mk4 2.0 Jetta with 87.000 Kms (54.000 miles aprox) and when I bought it it came with 20W50 Quacker State oil in it... I knew it was not correct so I change it with Castrol Edge Synthetic oil... The guy at the shop told me that since VW engines run on high temps the recommend grade was 5w50... So far the oil has been great... There is zero oil consumption, the engine runs smooth and the temps are stable...
Pros: zero oil consumption, engine runs smooth, stable temps
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 87000 km
Just completed my first hands-on oil change on the GTI; used the German 0W-30 Edge, since VW still owes me one more filter and Castrol oil change in a few months.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
technically you can use Mobil 1 Euro Formula 0w40 in the GTI and the Phaeton because it has the VW502.00 certification.
Pros: VW502.00 certification
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I was able to document that the oil was VW 502 certified Mobil 1 0W-40.
Pros: VW 502 certified
With Red Line you really have to look beyond the grade on the bottle. They will always recommend the thinnest kinematic viscosity oil because they have such a high HTHS.
Pros: high HTHS
I do my changes @10k with UOA. 2nd change was with 4 laps on the Nurburgring and about 1500 miles @125 MPH. At 10k The report came back that everything was fine and the oil still had life in it. With my K04 it came back fine also. I drive the piss out of my car.
Pros: oil still had life
Mileage: 10000 km
A definite 'no' on that. VW says no and it's been shown many times. The factory fill is plain old off the shelf oil (generally Castrol).
Related test in European car, changed all fluids and spark plugs saw gain in HP.
Pros: gain in HP
Vehicle:
BMW
On my MKV GTI when I switched to a thinner Motul from a thicker Pentosin I noticed a good bump in power.
Pros: good bump in power
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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