My guy uses Motul 5w-30 in my CC.
On my MKV GTI when I switched to a thinner Motul from a thicker Pentosin I noticed a good bump in power.
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.
Well, today is the day. My TT get's its first oil change. Motul X-Clean is going in!
I've decided to buy the Motul 8100 X-Clean 5W-40 for my first oil change. It's fully synthetic, low SAPS and has a high shearing tolerance. Even the TBN is relatively decent.
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.
I run Motul in my 05' GLI and its amazing. Motul doesnt break down like other oils its good stuff
I use motul 5-30, great oil.
Switching from dino 5w30 (previous owner) to Motul 5w40 in my 2.0 8v reduced oil consumption drastically, quieted lifter noise and increased MPGs.
Love Motul I Agree that the recomendation is not always best for the engine. I work in Miami and I see that the dealer recomends Castrol and Mobil 1... which will never be better than euro synthetics which are the ones recomended in europe which have higher standards.
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