switching to synthetic oil

[Craig D. Niederst]

I myself just switched to Pennzoil synthetic 10W30 for my oil change on my
'92 100S this evening. Happy to hear the stuff sounds like its pretty good
as compared to the Castrol Syntec I had been using. My reasoning for the
switch was simple economics. The local Walmart had all the Pennzoil
synthetic grades on sale for $2 a quart a few months back, so I bought 20 or
so. So call me cheap...

Craig
'92 100S (90k)
'86 CGT (193k)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
To: <mullens at phillynews.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: switching to synthetic oil


> No bad opinons here on the Pennsoil. I thought the synth was 10W-40 or
> 15W-50 though, can't recall anymore. Used to run it when sponsored by
> local Pennsoil supplier in the Solo2 GTi (wouldn't supply the Audi
> though). I support the Mobil 1 too. Don't know about the Castrol 5W-50 if
> you intend to do long hard runs, track events or Auto-X though. ALthough
> I am not concerned about coking, it's viscosity spread seems too large
> for it to cover, so it started lifter knock after every run of an Auto-X
> in the 200Q.
>
> LL - NY
>
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:34:39 -0500 "Mullen, Shaun"
> <mullens at phillynews.com> writes:
> >I have run Mobil 1 in my previous A4QM Avant.  I am now driving a new
> >A4Q
> >Avant that has dealer-installed Pennzoil 15W40 oil.  I would like my
> >dealer
> >to drain the oil when I go in for a January servicing and replace it
> >with
> >the Pennzoil synthetic 15W40 that they use in the Porsches they sell
> >and
> >service.  I don't anticipate any problems with making the switch.
> >Anyone
> >care to argue that I should go back to Mobil 1 -- which held me in
> >good
> >stead with my old Avant -- rather than go with the dealer's Pennzoil
> >synthetic?
> >
> >Shaun Mullen
> >Yorklyn, DE
> >