Here we go again, I agree that Delvac 1 is the best synthetic for my Passat TDI. Unfortunately, it is too expensive and hard to get, so I use Mobil 1. Now, I am starting to hear that Mobil 1 15W-50 full synthetic is also not good enough because of soot removal properties! I know that CF is not as high as CH, but I thought it was still good enough for a TDI! Even Shell Rotella T dino oil is only CF, right? So what's the real story here? (I change every 5K miles). Thanks, Michael Townsend P.S. I have put Rotella T in my gas 2.1L Waterboxer before, because it is SJ or something like that. I wonder if there is any huge reason to not do that? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 6:16 PM Subject: Re: Why my 1.9 turbodiesel died.... Dear Karl, Mobil 1 is NOT rated for use with modern Diesels. For that I believe you need an oil rated CH-4 or better. Mobil Delvac 1 is the way to go (also good is Amsoil). You can find a lot of info about this on the TDI forums at: http://www.ufies.org/~fred/forums.html also try another excellent Diesel forum at: http://www.vwvortexforums.com/forums.html Cheers, MJS At 02:30 PM 5/10/99 -0400, Karl Mullendore wrote: >Well, as soon as I began to drain the oil from the engine today (or tried to >drain!), it became very apparent why it died! In the 7000 miles I drove it , >to Oregon and back (fresh Mobil 1 oil at departure), the oil became SO thick >from soot that it now looks like nasty black molasses. Michael J. Sullivan Director of Catalog Design Open Market, Inc. ********************************************* phone: 781.359.7624 work: http://www.openmarket.com scan tips: http://www.hsdesign.com/scanning vanagon: http://www.hsdesign.com/vanagon *********************************************
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