Some one please correct me if I am wrong on this one but 15w-50 and 20w-50 are the same weight once the engine had heated up. The 15w-50 may help you start when it is below freezing. Personally I run the cheapest "brand name" oil I can find and I change it on the turn of the season for cheap insurance and piece of mind. Spring and summer I run 20w-50 in all my VWs, Fall I run 15w-40 and winter where it gets down to -40 at time 5w-30.
At 16:43 6/3/98 -0700, Joseph Tu wrote: >Would like some input on oils, currently running Mobil 1 15w-50 syn., >works great. > >Am considering trying Valvoline's Sypower 20W-50, a higher weight motor >oil. Will this give me better protection, is it comparable to the mobil 1 >quality? I don't know if it is race proven. > >Joe > > -- David Marshall, Quesnel BC, mailto:david@volkswagen.org -- -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ -- -- 85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 1.6L VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- USE DAVID@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG WHEN SENDING EMAIL -- |
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