[s-cars] Texas tea...oil, that is...

[JenRob]

to paraphrase jason  : the oil debacle is really a can of worms. most 
current oil even synthetics conforms to the recent U.S. conservation 
standards being what is considered " low shear " rated as ( A2, A5 ) and 
will assist in better fuel econ. but our audi engines being of tight 
tolerances need oil that is " high shear " these oils are easily identified 
by the ACEA rating of A3 or the audi / vw rating of 502/505.  many 
viscosities of even M1 have been re formulated as low shear. my advice when 
purchasing oil is to look as jason suggested for the high shear A3 rated 
oils m1 15-50 incl, the stealer has a castrol syntec 5w-40, i have seen a 
valvoline synthetic i believe it was 20w-50 that was vw 502/505, and castrol 
10w-40 i saw recently in advance.  think about this when looking at the 
jugs- rob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Mawhinney" <jmawhinney at skybest.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Texas tea...oil, that is...


> Wow!  This really could open this can of worms again!  If you can't tell,
> this subject has been beaten to death on this list but it seems that while
> everyone groans about it, they always comment.  Anyway, I use the big 
> juggs
> from Wally world.  M1 15-50 Extended Performance is supposedly the one 
> that
> has the ratings for our cars.  We also get down to the single digits and
> less in the winter around here in Boone, NC but rarely get up to 90 in the
> summer.  This is all I run in my beasts and have not experienced any
> problems.
> HTH,
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95 S6 avant
> '87 5ktq
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Phillips" <gcmschemist at gmail.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:11 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Texas tea...oil, that is...
>
>
>> Hey, S-Folks!
>> OK, so now that my trim strip adventure is over (not much of an
>> adventure -
>> took me all of about 10 minutes) I must think about changing this beast's
>> oil soon. I have read a lot about oil, used to work in a refinery, and
>> have
>> used Mobil 1 full synth on all my VW/Audi cars for the last 15 years. But
>> turbo cars are different. The guy that owned it previous to me used 15W50
>> synth (no brand mentioned.) So, the question:
>> What brands of synth comply with the VW/Audi oil standard, and what
>> viscosity would be good for a place that gets up to 100 degrees in the
>> summer, and down in the single digits in winter? Any of my Spokane
>> brethren
>> reading? Bueller?
>> BTW, the local Wally World has 15W50 in big 5-quart jugs. And I like big
>> jugs.
>> Thanks, guys,
>> Eric.
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