$40 -- $28 oil filters?

[Grant]

Castrol syntek is fully synthetic, and quite good.

However, Mobil1 has substantially better numbers, at least to my eyes.

Note that if you really want to be anal, none of the Mobil1 nor the 
Castrol syntk (nor GTX) that you buy in the supermarket meets ACEA 
specs nor VW502 oil requirements.  Syntek 5W40 and M1 0W40 do.

All that said, I've run M1 5W30 in a substantially more demanding vw 
application - the S4 biturbo, with wonderful results.
Not tom mention with $6 filters :-)

I'm still mystified as to what makes this 4.2 filter so darned special 
- and/or necessary.  But that may be anther audi mystery.

Grant
On Dec 4, 2005, at 6:41 AM, Max Wellhouse wrote:

> Not a chemist by profession here, but I thought the Castrol Syntec was 
> NOT a fully synthetic oil.  I believe Mobil 1 is as are many others.  
> Buy the 5 qt. jugs of it at walfart for $20 and save some bucks that 
> way.  Geez, the filter costing as much as the oil..... what a concept.
>
> DM&FS
>
> At 11:19 PM 12/3/2005, Craig D. Niederst wrote:
>> I have a '00 A6 4.2, which takes the same filter as your '02 S6. You
>> definitely want to use the "32 gallon" OE filter (part # 077115561G) 
>> or the
>> "generic" Mann (part # 735/2) or Mahle equivalent. These filters can 
>> be had
>> for $20 or so from places like ECS <http://www.ecstuning.com/>  
>> Tuning or
>> Autohaus AZ <http://www.autohausaz.com/> . The smaller filters you 
>> see are
>> for the V6 motors only, not the V8's. In terms of filter changes, not
>> changing a $20 filter every oil change on a $60k car seems like a 
>> false
>> economy. Not worth the risk to save a few bucks. Also make sure you 
>> are
>> using a good quality synthetic oil for your changes. I use Castrol 
>> Syntec
>> 5W40 (what Audi uses), but there are other Audi approved 5W40 grades 
>> out
>> there also. The service chart calls for 10k mile oil change 
>> intervals, but
>> most have elected to do 5k intervals to be on the safe side.
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>>
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> '00 A6 4.2 (55k)
>>
>> '92 100S (118k)
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
>> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
>> Behalf Of Grant
>> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:54 PM
>> To: Biturbos Qlist S4 / Quattro
>> Subject: $40 -- $28 oil filters?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm the happy owner of a 2002 S6 Avant, just off factory warranty. So
>>
>> I'm about to do my first oil change.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've looked around and there seem to be two kinds of oil filters for
>>
>> this beast. The true OE $40 ($28 at places like GPR and Blau) variety
>>
>> that looks to be about a foot long, and the $8 variety (at Blau, 
>> again)
>>
>> that is WAY smaller.
>>
>>
>>
>> So what's the real deal here? Anyone have experience? Insight?  If it
>>
>> put this 32 gallon** filter on, can I change it every 3rd oil change?
>>
>> I don't mind spending it if its important, but this seems excessive.
>>
>> And I object to wasting money (hey, that's a really good bottle of
>>
>> Chateauneuf du Papes, right?)
>>
>>
>>
>> Grant
>>
>>
>>
>> ** disclaimer. Its probably less than 32 gal
>>
>>
>>
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