ooooohhh thanks for the tip. oh yeah, mahle oil filter, new cable bushings, new rubber type valve cover gasket seal, valve cover gasket studs, dipstick bushings, oil, and myriad other things are waiting to go in...
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motor oil: Valvoline 20W50 dinosaur oil with a Mahle filter
I guess after 24 years and almost 300k miles I should have realized that using Fram filters was a bad idea. I added a factory oil cooler to my GTI to deal with the additional thermal load caused by my turbocharger. I has been very effective in dropping oil temperatures and has not significantly raised my coolant temperatures (I added a cooler fan switch as well), it's a great way to go.
Pros: long-term reliability, 300k miles usage
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 482803 km
I run the 5w30 Amsoil 15,000 mile stuff in our 1.8t... it gets changed once a year. Every 4 months i put a new filter on it and top it off. The samples i've sent in and been returned all looked good if the car is just a driver with some occasional track time i wouldn't sweat running Amsoil or any other really good synthetic 10k or more.
Pros: samples looked good
Mileage: 15000 km
I personally used the small Mann filter for 100k miles and now am using the bosch.
Pros: good OEM equipment
Mileage: 160934 km
Filters, I'm parcial towards Mann products, if you can find them. Never a problem with Wix.
Pros: no problem with Wix
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
My local NAPA always has my oil filter in stock. It's a good quality WIX filter.
Pros: good quality filter
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Buy a 1.8t Make sure to do a T-belt waterpump service. Then use oem oil filters and castrol syn. 5w40(syn. is optional for VW 1.8ts but I would personally only run syn in a turbo car). Also flush the coolant system. If you do that you will have a 1.8t that will a very nice running car and will not do you wrong.
Pros: amazing motor, little cylinder wear
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 100000 km
I have used Mobil-1 filters for years. Best filter out there IMHO. Well, they recently (within the last year or so) redisgned the can and labeling. The new lable has a pictogram of a full filter with a circle with a line through it. I was like Since I've filled the filter for 16 years, I decided to call the 800 number and ask WTF? So the guy says that they changed their recommendation based on the fact that modern filters have bypass valves and filling it is pointless. I pressured him on it, and he said that filling it wont hurt, so do it if you like.
Pros: Best filter out there
my oil filter housing is leaking profusely from the big O ring again. Has this happened to any of you. What would cause this? Could it be oil filter failure? I only have 1,000 on it since the last change and it happened last time with the same brand of filter (Fram). Any reason for this leak besides it being Fram
Cons: leaking profusely, leaks after 1,000 miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
Mileage: 1609 km
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