Re: oil pressure and oil coolers...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <mailstart.12/15/98.18013.25.196.25.141.21> gerard@dockside.co.za writes:

> > Take it off and shove it into a commercial degreaser.  Soon
> > clear out any crud.
>
> Cool. On the list for things to do when the work begins.
> I assume any decent garage or repair shop will have the
> means of doing that, right?

I tend to find jobbing engineers and small machine shops have better
equipment.

> > Make sure your "synth" is heavy enough.  The Mobil web site
> > carries the closest thing to a dire warning about using
> > Mobil 1 0Wanything or 5Wanything in high performance
> > applications.  Around here, if you ask for Mobil 1 they'll
> > give you 0W40 or 5W40 by default - these oils are NOT
> > suitable for Audi turbos.
>
> Which one of the Mobil 1 oils is the right one then? Here
> they seem to only sell 5W40 or something. Pity Mobil
> pulled out of this country some years ago. Oh well, import.

IMO a '5' weight is not really enough.  I'm using VAG's own Synta
synthetic base stuff now - 10W40.

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