[s-cars] Synthetic oil weight rec's

[LL - NY]

I had plenty of lifter tick using Syntec after a hard run on my 200 10VT.
The few times I tried autocrossing the 200 (not worth it, IMHO) the lifter
tick would take as much as 1/2 hour after a run to subside. There was still
lifter tick with M1 (closest weight as possible to the Castrol, M1 15W50 vs.
Syntec 10W-50), but it was much less severe and lasted for much shorter
periods. Since then quit using Syntec. No such problems using M1 in the S6,
although there has been more consumption (as in, there is some) using
15W50. I've had no consumption running M1 10W30.

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:

> My big problems with Syntec 5W50 were twofold:
>
> 1. massive lifter tick on startup after the oil change on a cold engine,
> every time.
> 2. big jump in oil consumption
>
> Observed in a sample of 3 cars- '86 5ktq with 170k, '91 200q with 120k and
> '01 VW NB from new.
>
> After that, I stopped using it.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:49 PM, mike schowengerdt <urdrquattro at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > i spend 50-60 hrs @week servicing and repairing nothing but audi-vw and
> > have used 5w50 casrtrol syntec in all turbo motors for the last ~15 years
> > w/ nothing but good results............my experience, of course
> > YMMV........................m
> >
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