VW 2.0T question

[Grant Lenahan]

Yes and no.  I've tried awfully hard to make the point that we must have to look at the environment oil will be used in, and compare it to its specs.

The corollary pf this is: " there are not good and bad oils, only different oils for different applications".

You can change your oil every 1000 miles, but if it will go into a 400 deg environment, and has a 275 deg flash point, its gonna fail.

Of course its not that simple, oil loses grade with time sue to shear and dilution, etc - but the principle remains.

For daily drivers - yes. For 2.0 turbos ( the subject of this thread after all) - i don't completely agree, although the idea is still useful.

Grant
On Nov 30, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Dan DiBiase wrote:

> Seems to me the most important thing is actually changing the oil (and filter) on a regular basis, and not so much the type of oil
> used, although I have used synthetic (Mobil1 0w-40) in my car since 5k miles. At 118k miles, I use no oil between
> my regular 5k mile oil and filter changes. I've been religious about 5k changes, even if it is overkill with the synthetic. I have
> been using only the OEM (4.5 qt) filters as well. 
> 
> The problem is that most Americans don't pay any attention to regular changes, so the manufacturers try and protect us from
> ourselves by recommending synthetics in many cases, since they traditionally last a little longer than dino oil.
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
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