[s-cars] Mobil 1 / other high performance oils

[axm135 at po.cwru.edu]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 08:19:27PM +0200, Jan Nielsen wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Moly" <urs6_20valve at yahoo.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:59 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Mobil 1 / other high performance oils
>
>
> > I was just wondering, since it's about that time to
> > change my oil again (using the Quakerstate that the
> > Audi dealer puts in it now), if anyone on the list
> > recommends a high performance oil, Mobil 1 perhaps, to
> > use in the S6. Any opinions would be helpful. - Matt
>
>
> I have always use Shell helix ultra on my Audi and Wv cars.. but on the
> S6(2.2) i first used shell helix ultra, but when i used it on the racetrack
> the engine was ticking alot when i came back to the pits, tthe oil was about
> 135/140 celcius.. so i tried Mobile 1 5/50 and went on the track again and
> drove it even harder and longer and there was absolutely no ticking or any
> sound using that oil. so next week when i'm back on the track i'm changing
> again to new fresh Mobil 1 5/50

I've been using M1 exclusively, but I heard they changed the base stock to not truly synthetic a while back --- does anybody know what happend to this whole discussion?  Something about SuperSyn not really being synthetic.

Also, the older tri-synthetic M1 that I used only came in five weights:

0w-40  <- what i use in my a4
0w-30
5w-30
10w-30
15w-50  <- what many use in the s4 (or so i hear)

I'm thinking I'd like a 5w-50 too, but M1 (last I checked) doesn't make one....


thanks,
adam