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Oil filter Hengst or MOTUL
An oil change is no witchcraft, good oil (motul) costs about 40€ to 60€ for a 4L canister, oil filter about 10€. Oil change is done every 6000 to 10000 km, depending on the motorcycle.
Pros: good oil, easy change
Mileage: 10000 km
My E550 gets M1 0W40 every 5k, with a new fleece Hengst filter. I don't drive it hard until I see past 80C on the water temp (I don't have an oil temp gauge- only the E63s do). Basically the same procedure I use on my S54 BMWs, and every performance car I've ever owned
Pros: new fleece filter, part of care regimen
I do the oil every 5k on both and use liquid moly 5w40 and a hengst filter.
Mileage: 5000 km
I use Liqui Moly Leichtlauf and Hengst filters from FCP Euro on my 1.8T Passat. Highly recommend.
Pros: highly recommend
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
I use liqui moly but I have my doubts about whether it actually is *the best* oil. I'm sure it's good, but any oil that meets the spec called out in your owners manual is "good". I place more weight on the filter than anything else. Hengst for me, get that Fram shit outta here.
Pros: good oil, meets spec
Cons: doubts about best oil
Vehicle:
Audi
Liqui Moly Oil change 5W-40 with Hengst Filter
Vehicle:
BMW
Motul 8100 X-Clean EFE 5w30 w/ black Subaru OEM filter
Vehicle:
Subaru
Since I've owned it, I've performed all the work listed below with genuine VW parts when possible. I've also flushed the oil with Liqui-Moly engine flush, and performed a Seafoam cleaning. Afterwards, oil was changed to Liqui-Moly 5w40 Synthoil Premium and new Hengst oil filter.
Pros: Hengst oil filter
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Official VW filters are Hengst's with a little VW logo and part number printed on the end just note that the filters do not include the gasket for the oil-can drain plug (dunno if that's on the mkIII's, but it's on the mkIV's). Just means you can't really drain the can, just unscrew it and be quick to minimize the amount of oil that goes flying
Cons: does not include gasket
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
since vw started using the synthetic material i am very fond of using oem. ive never seen the synthetic material deteriorate or crush in the housing between oil changes. ive also seen the plastic on those types of hengst filters break apart and that scares me to use.
Pros: synthetic material, does not deteriorate
Cons: plastic breaks apart
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Part number: HU6002Z
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