[Vwdiesel] 1985 1.6TD Jetta recently acquired

[Bryan K Walton]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 07:58:02AM -0500, MLightner wrote:

> >So frequent changes, even with a low cost "S" oil, does work, and it can
> >be cost effective.
>   
> Interesting that using non-C rated oils is not an absolute taboo.
> 

While you might be able to get away with minimal/no problems with a
low cost "S" oil, I wouldn't recommend it.  IMHO, there is no reason
to. If you are going to go low cost, you can find low cost "C" rated
oils at Wal-Mart, Farm and Fleet, etc.  Personally, I wouldn't use 
the cheapest oils available for my cars, regardless of whether they 
are "S" or "C".  But cheap "C" oils do exist.  The only time I might 
put an "S" oil in my diesel is in an emergency (perhaps if I was on
the road and the car was low on oil and I couldn't find anything but
an "S" oil.)

-Bryan