CASTROL was: Are 1.8T's JUNK????

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Brett:  Castrol has Dino oil, a blend of dino and synthetic, and a "full 
sythetic" at ~$5 a quart.  Turbo = Full synthetic PERIOD.

N/A, run anything with the current letter rating recommended by the 
manufacturer in their owners manual.

AUDI just did a informational recall (I'll call it) about oils in their 1.8T's
An insert came from them to A4 Turbo owners.  NEW list:  All 
synthetics...................
hth - Scott by BOSTON 


> From: Brett Dikeman <>
> Subject: re:  Are 1.8T's JUNK????
> Then I used Penzoil 5 - 30 from then on.
> 
> Straight from the mouths of two Audi training center employees:
> 
> "Don't run anything in the 1.8t except synthetic"
> 
> By the way, Castrol is NOT synthetic; their oil isn't made from PAO 
> stocks, it's made from crude oil.  Mobil challenged them over it with 
> some sort of advertising standards body or in court (I forget which) 
> and lost, unfortunately.
> 
>