[s-cars] 0w-40 for S6?

[Emre Washburn]

Great. Now where do I find the stuff! A lister mailed me personally
and wrote that NAPA carries 5W-50, and that it is produced by Castrol.
Anyone have any insight on this? Or can anyone tell me where Castrol
5W-50 can be had?

-- 
Emre
92 //S4
90 Cq
40 valves 'O plenty!



On 8/6/05, jpb3 <jpburns3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll chime i here,
> 
> I use Castrol over the Mobil oil b/c it runs cooler.  I can tell a
> difference between the two 5W oils on the temp gauge in the car.
> Also, being a 2 wheel enthusiast Castrol does some serious R&D on
> their oils for their bikes and I assume this is carried over to the 4
> wheel stuff too!
> 
> It's all personal preference though.  Which bottle do you like, which
> is cheaper, which is available.  I have never been a Mobil fan(Exxon)
> since Valdez.
> 
> My .02
> 
> john
> 
> On 8/6/05, Emre Washburn <yumyjager at gmail.com> wrote:
> > George,
> >
> > Where do you find this 5W-50 Castrol oil? I've been looking but can't
> > find anyone who stocks it. I'm also thinking of going to this oil
> > instead of M1. What made you like the Castrol over the M1?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Emre
> > 92 //S4
> > 90 Cq
> > 40 valves 'O plenty!
> >
> >
> > On 8/6/05, George <g.grubr at connectel-us.com> wrote:
> > > Rokas,
> > >
> > > I would not use 0w-40 in summer time unless you live in Alaska .....
> > >
> > > used 5w-50 Castrol in 92 S4 - 165k miles, no problem, same on 95.5 Avant,
> > > that one is close to 200k, no issues  Wally-mart stock.
> > >
> > > Tried Mobil 1 in S4 and went back to Castrol.
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 12:24:15 -0400
> > > > From: Rokas Reipa <quattrorokas at gmail.com>
> > > > Subject: [s-cars] 0w-40 for S6?
> > > > To: Scar <s-car-list at audifans.com>, Sean Douglas
> > > > <quattro20v at telus.net>
> > > > Message-ID: <e5ab83705080509247d76153 at mail.gmail.com>
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> > > >
> > > > Hey gang,
> > > >
> > > > What's the popular consensus on using M1 Syn 0w-40 in a 95.5 S6 2.2L
> > > > AAN motor during the summer? 15w-50 is getting harder and harder to
> > > > find, since they switched that weight to the 'extended performance'
> > > > label. 0-40 shouldnt be too thin I don't think but I remember my old
> > > > MC'ed 5k throwing fits during hot weather when 10-30 was used. Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Rokas
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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