Mobil 1 High Performance 15W-50 No Longer Made - What To Use?

[Andrew W. Schlueter]

My 200 ran all of its life on reg. oil, so when I got it 3k ago, I did A
semi synthetic 15w-30 and the other day I put in Mobil 1 0w40 full synthetic
with K&N hp-2005 filter. Runs much smoother then before.

My $.02,
Andrew W. Schlueter
www.otmoffroad.org
'91 200TQ20V Avant
-----Original Message-----
From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:02 PM
To: Steven Hauptmann
Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Mobil 1 High Performance 15W-50 No Longer Made - What To Use?


On May 31, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Steven Hauptmann wrote:

> I have read the same thing in the manual. Remember though that with
> synthetic oils, it's the second number that indicates the base  
> stock. Ie, a
> 10W-30 uses a 30W as the base stock.

The second number isn't a "base stock", it's the weight of the oil at  
operating temperature, 100 degrees C.

Anyway, temperature ranges are extended for synthetics, so 30w  
synthetic should be fine for where 40w non-synthetic was stated.   
I've been using 10w30 for years as have been a lot of other folks I  
think, and...

...none of us are worse for wear.

[ducks, runs for cover]

Brett
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