[s-cars] Burning Oil

[TM]

My thoughts exactly- try using other brands and/or weights
to see if that helps.

My mechanic's brother had a big oil consumption problem on his
M3 running Mobil 1, switched to Castrol Syntec and problems went
away- go figure.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: Cody Payne [mailto:cpayne at bconnected.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:53 PM
To: TM; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Burning Oil


Currently using RedLine 10W-30 and Amsoil 20W-50 in the Summer..might
try RedLine 10W-40 in a couple of months.

Thx

cp

-----Original Message-----
From: TM [mailto:t44tq at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 2:50 PM
To: Cody Payne; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Burning Oil


Cody-
What brand and weight of oil are you using?

I've had massive oil consumption problems (like 2 qts.
every 1000 miles) with the Beetle 2.0 running Mobil 1
0W40. I've since switched to 10W30 to see if that will alleviate the
problem- seems to be working so far.

My 200 seems to like 15W50- I use less oil when this grade
of Mobil 1 is in the crankcase, less so than 10W30 and far
less than Castrol Syntec 5W50.

Taka