On Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 1:20:44 PM UTC-5, me...@my-deja.com wrote:

Hi:

I would like to hear from your experience with synthetic oils for 1.8T
engine (Passat if it matters).
My dealer charges +$35 (on top of the regular price) for an oil change
with Castrol Syntek (?) 5-40. They say this is what VW recommends for synthetic.

What oils do you use? Why? Bad or good experiences?

Thanks, Metru
............. 5 W 40 MOTUL is great oil...............

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On Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 1:20:44 PM UTC-5, me...@my-deja.com wrote:

Hi:

I would like to hear from your experience with synthetic oils for 1.8T
engine (Passat if it matters).
My dealer charges +$35 (on top of the regular price) for an oil change
with Castrol Syntek (?) 5-40. They say this is what VW recommends for synthetic.

What oils do you use? Why? Bad or good experiences?

Thanks, Metru

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MOTUL 5 W 40 for my B5 2005 1.8T Passat
change it every 5K miles .......

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Was using Mobil 1 in my automobile and I decided to buy a brand new motorcycle living in Louisiana the engine of my motorcycle was air-cooled so thought synthetic oil would be a good up grade for my motorcycle engine, my owners manual said to put 1,000
miles for break-in, I put the 1,000 miles and changed my oil to mobile 1 after about 17,000 miles,I brought my motorcycle in for routine maintenance and to have my valves checked, then the mechanic came out to talk to me. That my shims were not worn but
just polished he wanted to know what motor oil I was using I said mobile 1 he said to drain my oil,and put non synthetic motor oil to complete the break-in period on my bike.

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