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

[SuffolkD at aol.com]

Brett:  I believe you if the stock the "synthetic" is made from is base crude 
with hokus pokus done to it and sold as a synthetic.
Either way, there are "better" oils to use I'm sure..........  :-)
Audi sent this list to 1.8 T owners:

http://www.quattro123.com/A4TurboEngineWarrantyExtension.htm

Curiously Castrol is listed as an approved synthetic meeting the AoA and VW 
"oil standard".
Now Castrol is listed first because its 
alphabetically.............................

read further and a "possible" reason for oil sludge; in a 35K car owned by a 
70 year old grandma with a new to her Audi assured vehicle, may be in the 
"cards" in her future.  Nothing says regularly scheduled maintainance more than 
"financial service stamps."

Hugs and Kisses and thanks for the glowing election bio.  Who else is running?
-Scott by BOSTON
> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> At 2:40 PM -0500 12/26/04, SuffolkD at aol.com wrote:
> >Brett:  Castrol has Dino oil, a blend of dino and synthetic, and a 
> >"full sythetic" at ~$5 a quart.
> 
> Castrol's "full synthetic" is not synthetic; it is hydrocracked dino 
> oil, and has been since the late 90's when Castrol decided to 
> increase profit margins but continue to cash in on the name 
> recognition of the word "synthetic".
> 
>    It's "processed" oil, not "synthetic".  Mobil 1 and Amsoil, like 
> all true synthetics, are made from base stocks called polyaphaolefins 
> (PAOs) or Esters...which are entirely man-made.
> 
> Google it if you don't believe me:
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=castrol+synthetic+PAO+hydrocracked
> 
> Castrol isn't alone in the quest for cheating people to make a buck- 
> Mobil at one point tried marketing a blend in a bottle/case nearly 
> identical in appearance to Mobil1.  If the guy at the cash register 
> hadn't said "are you sure you want the blend?", I wouldn't have 
> noticed.
>