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Engine oil Pentosin or Lucas
I use this on my 2003 Passat 1.8T probably every 2-3 oil changes. Motor has 269,000 miles and burns a smidgen of oil on startup. The Lucas seems to help a bit.
Pros: helps with oil burning
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 269000 km
Used it for years in high mileage motors. 215,000 on a 1.8 turbo VW
used no oil between 5,000 mile changes.
Pros: no oil consumption
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 215000 km
Ok, so here’s my anecdote: a friend of mine had an old Ranger that had an oil pump failing. He didn’t want to pay me or anyone else to pull the engine and replace the pump so I suggested he just throw a bottle of this in there and see what happens.
Well, his oil light went off and oil pressure improved.
Pros: oil pressure improved
Vehicle:
Ford Ranger
Pentosin is fine, Mobil 1 is fine, Castrol, whatever. I put Mobil 1 in my racecar but castrol in my daily because it burns oil and I want a heavier weight that I can't find Mobil 1 in. Pentosin or LiquiMoly are good, but don't put too much thought into it.
Pros: Pentosin is fine
Vehicle:
BMW
I use pentosin. Made for vws. Change it every 10k. Good quality filter and you'll be good
Pros: good quality filter
Mileage: 10000 km
I use Pentosin in the e46, which I believe is BMW OEM supplier.
Vehicle:
BMW
Lucas tool oil is great.
Pros: great tool oil
I bought a 5 Liter Bottle of Pentosin SAE 5W-40 Pento High Performance II Motor Oil from O’Reilly Auto Parts for $50.75. This API SN/CF and ACEA C3 Rated Oil complies with VW-Specification 502 00/505 00/505 01 and is Made in Germany.
Pros: meets VW specifications
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I like pentosin and motul
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
So I drained the gearbox while I was there and refilled with 1/4 Lucas oil, the rest 80/90
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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