Recent content by Christopher Jefferson

this is ON A 00 golf 1.8t that has a boost controller on it that runs about an average of 10psi. will keep yall updated. BTW, this is GC gold

i dont know about yall but my bottles of 5w-40 say "Now made in the USA" all over it. Just a thought.

I know its no earth shaker or anything but.... Im almost 4K miles into this drain interval and I have NO consumption whatsoever!! Just like it was with the old green GC. So far so good! Also, its been hotter here than at any other time ive ever ran GC in my 00' Golf 1.8T that has a boost cont...

no. new engine is a good plan-actually, sell the car is a GREAT plan!!!! Sorry!

you lucky dog Budman!!! That is hopefully my next car!! Or the sportcombi!

not a big deal really. its in a 00' golf 1.8T with a boost cont. running approximately 10psi rather than the stock average of 5psi. (peak is about 11 psi) so far after about 1500 hard miles (and very hot too as well as alot of idling with air on.) I have had NO oil consumption. Almost every...

is it just me or, does that UOA state that the oil's ending viscosity is now a 0w-40!! ?

how was the ol' fuel economy? gotta ask as i am now debating on using ELF 10w-50 or M1 15w-50 (wish they made it in a 10w-50 though:() and would like to know if it did lower your fuel economy? I really cant afford to lower my fuel economy any further as its at 21 city and 26 highway (wife has a...

maybe its just me but.....it looks like the gold aitn all that bad-esp. for a petrol engine. the TBN is only like 2.5 'points' lower than the green stuff but, the viscosity across the board is higher except for the viscosity index. And, wouldnt a lower VI be good since it could technically...

boy was I on a roll that day!!! Whew! Still I stand behind my comments. Amsoil IS a good oil IMO and we know that at least they do not try to hide their Gr.III oils from their real syn oils. Ive decided this is my next route: If my current run of gold GC comes back w/ as good a UOA as the...

yeah i met a pretty american girl w/ last name of fuchs-she pronounced it Fox too. Still, I imagine that the first german immigrant tot he states got tired of the americans mispronouncing his name and americanised it to 'Fox'. Still, if theres an umlaught its a 'u' as G-Man stated is in the word...

the Volvo DOT 4+ is spec'd at least as good as, if not better than the 5.1 stuff. Id have to go check. if yall want me to I will....hang on...my curiosity has gotten the better of me.............................Well, well, well....looks like its made in germany! The back says: Contains...

also add to the post subject: other questions that can be answered with a search Please!!! Do NOT post about whether or not its okay for your engine to use GC! There is more than enough info on this site to tell you. Secondly, if your engine specs a 5w-30 or a 10w-30 or even a 5w-40 then, you...

all this doubt with Castrol and theyre cr!p, reminds me of a really good old[er] song: 'same old story, same old song and dance-my friend[s]'. I for one, am sick and tired of the typical idiot responses and actions from Castrol/BP NA and its to the point of.....Im going to stop using this...

i do know this: the smell has definetely changed fromt he M04 and M05 bathces! Prolly has only to do w/ the additives but, its definetely fishy! IT (BC) used to smell like the new GC gold. Now it smells very petroleum like and acrid. Just MHO.