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

[LL - NY]

BTW, early Audi/VW (as well as other German makes) engines are High
Tolerance
bearing engines, thus they need (use) heavier weight oil. They had the high
tolerances
due to the expected continous high speed, high RPM use, so a thicker oil
film was called
for compared to Japanese and 'murican makes. As fuel economy became more of
an issue,
and manufacturing techniques improved, they were able to adapt to low shear
oils, tighter
tolerances and still maintain extended high speed durability.
 Also, BTW, I just picked up yet another jug 5qt Jug of M1 (10W-30) for
$20.84. Stocking
what I can in case the price of oil goes up again (and yes, this has been
discussed before,
the base stock of M1 and other synths is usually still from dino, so their
prices are usually
effected by the world oil markets). Just a heads up if anyone is on the
market for synth oil.
 LL - NY

 On 10/24/05, JenRob <jenrob at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> 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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