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

[Bruce Brier]

Chuck,

You had better make sure the WalMart Castrol Syntec meets the minimum
standards in your owners manual. My experience has been that the 505.00 (or
505.01 spec for PD engines) that is met by the special Castrol Syntec they
sell at VW ($7) is _not_ met by the Syntec sold at regular stores. (Do they
even have the 5w40 spec?) Some brands such as Shell Rotella T Synthetic 5w40
(blue bottle) meet CH-4 which is fine for my 2000 TDI. However the Mobil
Delvac-1 and the Amsoil synthetic are considered the first and second
choices (or the second and first choices) by the lube-geniuses at Fred's
TDICLUB site. Regarding the 10,000 mile interval, don't worry; be happy. But
do check that there isn't a time limit ... I don't remember if there is a
time limit because I hit 10,000 every 4 months.

Dr. Dotgain

> From: "Chuck Carnohan" <CCarnoha at itd.state.id.us>
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:46:47 -0700
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] RE: New oil standards for TDI PD motor, VW 505.01
> 
> Castrol Syntec is what the dealership here in Idaho uses.  It is
> available at Walmart.  My maintenance schedule for a '03 Golf TDI shows
> 5K mile intervals for the first 10K miles then it drops back to once
> every 10K miles.  I was misled by the manual until my wife pointed it
> out!  It's hard for me to accept an oil change at 10K!  Kinda scary.
> 
> Chuck Carnohan
> 
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