I use liquimoly 5w-40 synthetic german blend that is vw spec and I do not burn a drop of oil between changes.
The Motul stuff is pretty great, though I went with Liqui Moly Leichtlauf 5w-40. My 2.0 TSI Gen 2 really like that oil, never burned a drop and saw about +2% in fuel economy.
I just switched to Mobil 1 for the last interval and the engine ran much better on it.
I have always liked and used Redline in my non-German cars. In my German cars, I have used either Lubro Moly (also known as Liqui Moly) or Pentosin, both in 5w40. Great synthetic oils, imo. I would not run Mobil or Castrol products if you gave them to me for free.
I used 5w40 Mobil 1 Full Synthetic in my 08 Passat. Had such great results, I carried it over to my 12 R Line.
I did my 1.8T AWP valve cover gasket two weeks ago and I can highly recommend Mobil1 0/40. Used it since 3/2002.
Mobil 1 10w30 with a bosch filter up here in Canada. Haven't had a tick since I started using it, at 110k km my engine is in good shape to begin with though.
the Mobil 1 is the 0w40 Euro Formula, and has the VW502.00 approval that being said, Mobil 1 5w40 Turbo Diesel Truck is also a good choice, but no VW approval.
I'm using Mobil 0w40 (502 spec) in my B5 Passat for 140K and plan to use the same oil for my GLI when the free maintenance ends.
I use Liqui-Moly 5w40 and have with several VWs. Great oil, imo.
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