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Engine oil Kendall or ELF
I use to use Castrol Syntec 5W40 (what the tig came with) and all I could get here. Last spring I opened my own shop and can get Kendall 5W40 Euro and started using that as it is 502 approved. I found it made the engine run smoother and quieter. My customers have noted the same.
Pros: engine run smoother, quieter
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
If you want it quiet and smooth, run 10w-40. If you want best mpg or live in the cold 1/2 the year, run 5w-30. 10w-30 is a-ite in many cases. It'll burn less than 5w-30....generally.
Pros: quiet and smooth
Cons: burn less
Kendall hands down makes the best dinosaur oil..... I run it in my BMW 2002 and my 94 2.0 ....
Pros: best dinosaur oil
Vehicle:
BMW
I currently use ELF Exellium NF, Motul is good too I was tempted to get it....you can also check out ECS Tuning, they sell Lubro Molly now, I think that's gonna be my next choice and I might stick with it. I've used Amsoil for about 20K miles and liked it too. Otherwise, you can't go wrong with Castrol Syntec 5w40 either, I've used it since new all the way till 60K miles.
Pros: liked it
Mileage: 32187 km
I used ELF Excellium NF 5W40.
Mileage: 9000 km
I personnally use Elf and love it, best oil I ever used so far.
Pros: best oil ever, love it
ok i just did an oil change today. i put in Elf Excellium 10W50 Full Synthetic. anyways, the difference is awesome. much more free reving and "wanting to go faster" feeling. before oil change it felt tired and revs were lazy and engine had a 'fuzzy' sound when accelerating. anyways, all is good now
Pros: much more free reving
Cons: engine felt tired
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat B3
I use Elf, I switched over and won't go back.
Pros: won't go back
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Just started using it in my '03 3.0 (90K service). Elf 0W30. Notice a substantial increase in mileage! Hate the price, though...$13.95/litre CDN! And at 6.5 litres for the change...well, you get the picture.
Pros: increase in mileage
Cons: high price
Mileage: 90000 km
Now, I realized that the engine oil the mechanic put on when I got the camshaft replaced in november, is actually meant for cars. The oil is the ELF sporti TXI 10W40.
Vehicle:
Suzuki
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