quattro Digest, Vol 52, Issue 55

[thejimrose]

Well the 0w40 is SO thin, that makes me a little nervous to begin. Plus the
a4 runs very hot, esp once chipped, etc. And after the whole sludge fiasco
I'm not 100% trusting of audi's recommendations anymore [since they specd
the wrong oil + filter in the 1st place]. Also just found out that they
spec'd dino oil for the first year or 2 of the v8s4.Yikes.

But i do, and keep my fingers x'd that ingolstadt knows what it's doing.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not sure why you'd be nervous, Jim. I mean, if Audi recommends it (and I
> use the same in my car) then you're okay. I know you're probably out of
> warranty (as am I) but I've been using this since the first oil change and
> no evidence of any sludging in my engine.
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
>
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> From: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: quattro Digest, Vol 52, Issue 55
>
> ok well that makes me even MORE nervous about the 0w40 M1 i run in the a4
> as
> per audi's recc's. i dismiss the parts counter guy's comment of 'OIL
> FLAORVED WATER!' whenever i buy it. =/
>
>
> > > The first question is what temps are you running in during the winter.
> >  That would determine the bottom number for me.  The "if it ain't broke,
> > don't fix it" part of me says stick with what you've been using.
> > > My friend Tony is an engineer with experience in oils.  He says the
> > additives that make an oil multi-viscosity actually fight it's
> lubricative
> > properties.  His recommendation is to run straight weight oil as much as
> > possible, light in winter, heavy in summer of course.  He says to always
> run
> > the oil with the narrowest spread between the numbers as it lubricates
> the
> > best.
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