what syn oil to use?

[InfernoCL]

15w-50 is just a waste, them super heavy oils just rob power and decreases
protection. Any synth oil today should offer enough protection for any
engine including F1 engines. But its true old engines should stay away from
0 weight, 10w-30 works fine though.

Remember thick oils robs power, increase oil pressure and have more engine
wear......

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Fred Munro
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:53 AM
To: Al S; quattro-list
Subject: RE: what syn oil to use?

The older engines are not designed for 0 weight oils. Use the oil weights
your owners manual recommends for both syn and dino oils. For your car, it
is probably 5W30 or 10W30 for winter and 10W30 or 15W50 for summer. I use
Mobil 1 10W30 year round in my '94 S4.

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Al S
Sent: March 8, 2003 5:42 PM
To: quattro-list
Subject: what syn oil to use?


I rebuilt my 1990 Audi 80 non-q 4 cyl engine. Now I want to use synthetic
oil in it, but I am not sure what grade to run. Castrol  treats it as a 12
yr old engine and recommends 30w with no syn listed. Mobil -1  doesn't know
either.
My temps here run from 10-100f and I am thinking of using 0-40. Anyone with
a suggestion??
Thanks.

1990 Audi 80 2.0L non-q
Rathdrum, Id.