VW 2.0T question

[Eric Huppert]

Alrighty, here's my 2 cents based on my service manager duties in a small
shop specializing in Vintage cars (but working on everything).. We have a
very varied clientele, vehicles range from million $ collectable Rolls
Royce's to daily drivers (all makes, nice to POS's!) Have had numerous
occasions with customers switching to us (from other shops) and having oil
consumption issues using "special" European synthetic oils. Switch back to
dino and consumption decreased drastically.  

 

Okay, flame away synthetic believers... I've had four Audis that exceeded
300k, USING dino! (200 20v hit the mark last week, still no oil consumption,
wahoo!) Understand the alleged reasoning, molecular structure, etc behind
synthetic (heat, turbo, etc) but really haven't personally experienced the
benefits. 

 

Nor do I recommend synthetic for vehicles not speced that way from the
manufacturer. (Our Lexus 460 customer specifies synthetic, 9.1 qts worth!)
I feel its way overpriced, I don't believe in extended mileage oil changes
and I like for my customers to keep some of their hard earned money. 

 

Poor break-in, oil changes "overdue" by many thousands, so on and so forth
will create mechanical/consumption issues, regardless of oil used!. 

 

Regardless, have seen many times where switching back to dino decreased
consumption! I'm basing this statement on "my" firsthand experience, several
of which were VW's!

 

So, game NOT on... I probably shouldn't have gone down this path! 

 

Signed,

 

Anonymous

 

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