[Vwdiesel] PD cam

[William J Toensing]

One of the submitters to this blog said they were afraid of buying Amsoil. They pioneered making & selling synthetic oil for automotive use back in 1972. I have used it since 1974 when I first found out about it. 


they are not a fly by night company but use primarily use a multi-marketing system but also have an "on the shelve" program where auto parts houses & garages can handle it. However, there are other synthetic oils out there which, although they may not be as good as Amsoil, are probably still good synthetic oils. ZDDP was removed from modern oils because it harms & probably destroyed catalytic converters. Perhaps this is why VW specifies a particular spec oil due to adverse effects on its pollution control system. However, Amsoil does have a "European" spec oil which meets VW  TDI specs. If you have any concern about whether Amsoil would have any adverse effect on your VW TDI they have a technical division of which you can contact directly to ask questions. Go to www.amsoil.com & get the phone number for their tech division. The only problem I have had with Amsoil is that the oil won't break down under extreme heat so if your engine overheats, it will keep running till something else fails. In my case, the valve springs got so hot they lost their temper so get to know your water temperature gage & if it starts running hotter than normal, investigate. 
Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA