Synthetic oil for I-5s

[Denis J]

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I did tried to use castrol or Mobil 1 on my 90 Audi. The engine makes more
noise, big valve noise , i did not like it,,,, so i use synthec castrol and
wowow low engine noise , little less heat and no more valve noise.

Denis

90

100Q

5000TQ
>From: Jim Green
>To: David , quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Synthetic oil for I-5s
>Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 06:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- David wrote:
> > I've been running 20W50 dino oil in my CGT and doing
> > MMO treatments before oil changes. I was thinking of
> > switching to synthetic for it's cleaning properties
> > and to help keep oil temps down (in high
> > speed/agressive driving on the highway my oil temp
> > goes as high as 150*C, cruising is around 130*C and
> > in town around 90-100*C). I realize there is a
> > chance that the synthetic will clean out the engine
> > so well that it will begin to leak or burn oil. My
> > plan was to switch to synthetic for 6 months or so
> > to clean it out then switch back if it leaks or
> > consumes oil. So, what are your thoughts on this?
> > What weight is appropriate for I5s? Is it available
> > in 20W50? Do I even need it that thick with
> > synthetic?
>
>My car loves the 15w50 mobil 1 in the summer, I run
>10w30 in the really cold winter months. If you drive
>really hard like you say, you might think about
>fitting an oil cooler. Just grab the oil filter
>bracket and cooler from one of the turbo cars, or you
>can use an aftermarket one like below.
>http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/stage1/oil_cooler.html
>
>I switched mine to syn at 108k and had no problems. I
>think if you kept your engine in good shape like you
>say you'll be fine. It's the ones that you can scrape
>the goo off the cam caps that you have to worry about.
>
>HTH,
>
>=====
>Jim Green
>'89 90tq 034EFI Stage II
>http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html
>
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