Engine oil Shell or PETRONAS
I would recommended shell ultra 15w50 . KV100 is 20 which is thick as fuck and won't shear down quickly. Mogul 7100 is thin and will shear down to 40 grade and internationally considered garbage oil. Shell is made of group 3+ base oil so its going to perform better.
Rotella 5w40 only. I daily and track mine
On an old e36, 5w30 full synthetic no matter the brand would often cause some leaks. Switched to some thicker Rotella oil made for diesels and suddenly no more leaks.
Worry less about the now old 502.00 spec than the actual oil itself. It's API SN/CF and has MB-Approval 226.5/ 229.31/ 229.51. Even though 505.00 and 505.01 are diesel engine specs, it should be fine in your older car. One of my go-to oils is Shell Rotella T6, which is specifically for diesels, but it's a great oil.
Its honestly all good, I ran Rotella T4 for a while, still good.
I'm a big Brotella Bro. I've used Rotella T6 in my WRXs, Miata, sport bikes, and dirt bike.
I suggest running Shell t6 5w40
Rotella 15-40. FTW
I run this one in our 04 BEW TDI. No issues what so ever!
Just to add my two cents, I am using Shell Helix Ultra ECT C2/C3 0W30 (it is basically the same as Pennzoil Euro 0W30 in the US) in my AGU 1.8T (150bhp) after I have killed an AGN 1.8 (125bhp) by using 10W50 for about 8k miles (I was flooring it a lot). I bought an oil pressure and an oil temp gauge after I have killed the 1.8, and the oil pressure seems to be perfect with the 0W30 (the engine has about 100k miles on it).
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