Yeah...same reason I switched. I love Amsoil...and so do my engines trannies and diffs. It just gets too expensive using the Amsoil engine oil with the oil change frequencies that I use ( Every 8,000KM ).
Rotella T6 here. I was a long time Amsoil guy, but it's just too fracking expensive, especially with the amount of miles I drive a week.
Those engines do burn oil. Clogged PCV would be the first to eliminate. Go w/a HD 5w-40 like Rotella.
Try the Rotella 10w-30 T5. Thin oil may work better to free things up.
Have my best experience with Castrol 0W30 (European $8.99/qt) Minimal lifter noise and run it 5k between changes. Also, use OEM oil filters.
I always run rotella 15w-40 in my mk3 2.0 8v. No complaints and its cheap
Good quality synth 5w40 alllll dayyy eryyy dayyy. Flip open your owner's manual, 5w40 is the recommended oil. 30 weight thins out too much during extended drive periods or in high temp areas. FWIW the previous owner of my Golf sold it because it was an "oil burner" he was using gas station brand dino 5w30 :screwy: I switched to Motul and then Gulf 5w40, and drove it for 55k+ kms, had to add about 1L between my 10K OCIs.
USA Edge 5w-30 worked great in my Tig. I had a Caterpillar UOA done.
Perhaps an oil change using a quality branded oil would help to mitigate those issues. Some years ago I bought a second hand Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0V6 24V with 30.000km on the clock. I had a ticking noise produced by the valve lifters. After the first oil change using quality branded synthetic oil the ticking dissapeared.
I just did the 4th oil change (first non-dealer change) on our 40k mile Tiguan TSI and used Rotella T6. I use it in my stage 2 WRX and think it's fantastic, so why not in the TSI. Great oil overall.
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