[Vwdiesel] New oil standards for TDI PD motor, VW 505.01

[TexasTDI]

You can only find Castrol 5w-40 at the stealership.  MOTUL also has a 5w-40
that meets VW 505.01.

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 241k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9 TDI (turbo diesel) - 94k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "82 Diesel Westy" <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] New oil standards for TDI PD motor, VW 505.01


> OK, I need to do the first oil change on my new Jetta
> Wagon.  I am having no luck finding this standard of
> oil in US.  Castrol and Havoline make it according to
> their web sites but 2 auto parts places I deal with
> can not find it at their suppliers.
>
> Any idea where I can get Castrol GTD 505 01 SAE 5W-40
> or the Havoline equivalent?
>
> >From the list reads I am doing, I don't want to use
> anything else, pure synthetic, but looks like I only
> need to change every 10K, VW says 5K?
> Of course I can buy it at the VW parts counter because
> they are importing it from Europe.
>
> Texas TDI?  any idea's