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Originally Posted By: vinu_neuro Thanks for the report. Though much discussed we haven't had many reports of gas engine with low-saps oils. Looks like it did fine, viscosity under control despite oxidation. There are a few others out there, including one I've posted. The TBN in this report is...

Originally Posted By: ac_tc They dont stand a 10kmile oci, many of these engines failed with a sludge oilpump strainer in sweden despite using the right oil. Follow the 5k oci and they last much better. That is the most important part, right there.

Originally Posted By: Reg# 43897 GC! Or maybe T6, but all I ran in my 2000 1.8T Jetta was GC. The longitudinal 1.8T's have a greatly reduced oil capacity versus their transverse brethern... Get a big filter, used to use a HUGE Napa Gold can for it. Forget the number right now. GC made a real...

Those TBN and TAN numbers don't look much different than the ones I got with 5k miles on low SAPS Castrol LL03 in my 2.0T. Makes me think these DI engines are just hard on oil in that regard.

I had two 1.8T cars (2004 A4 and a 2000 Jetta) and put about 250K miles on them between the two, all with a performance chip. GC 0W-30 worked the best (fuel mileage, engine noise and consumption) and M1 0W-40 was OK as well. OEM filter, 5K mile OCI.

Given that you're in the UK and don't have the same gasoline formulation concerns that we have here in the US ... I would use a 504 oil, which will minimize the intake valve deposits. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: dbrowne1 Originally Posted By: edyvw There is NO WAY I would use 504.00 except in CA! Why not? It holds up just fine on a 5K OCI and it is significantly better in terms of intake valve deposits on DI engines. Like I said, for manifold...

Originally Posted By: edyvw There is NO WAY I would use 504.00 except in CA! Why not? It holds up just fine on a 5K OCI and it is significantly better in terms of intake valve deposits on DI engines. Like I said, for manifold injection engines, yes, definitely use a 502.00 oil. But for the...

Originally Posted By: edyvw I would stick to 502.00 and 5K! They said in the end of 90'2 that you can use any oil in 1.8T and we all know what happened. If you're going to run a 5K interval you might as well use a 504.00 oil if we're talking about direct injection engines. For older...

Originally Posted By: edyvw Could be. Though I just cannot see VW504.00/507.00 to work good in 2.0T engine for 10k except in CA! It works fine on a 5K OCI (I'm doing it in two 2.0TFSI Audis right now and have done UOAs) and if one believes the Lubrizoil study, using a 504.00 oil has...

Originally Posted By: edyvw I suppose you should now what says in VW manual for the U.S, Russian, etc markets. Those markets have high sulfur content in gas, so High SAPS oils are recommended. Actually, if you look at the most recent owners manuals for the U.S. - an excerpt of one of them...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete So you do agree that there is an issue with being able to run extended OCI with 504.00 oil in a gasoline engine using non-ULSG, then? I'm not sure if it's the sulphur (which actually isn't that high in US gas anymore) or the ethanol, but my own limited UOAs...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Originally Posted By: caesar It is quite simple really, the VAG oil specification 507.00 supersedes all previous oil specifications, Not in countries without ULSG, such as US. Out here, VW and BMW advise against the use of mid/low SAPS oils in their gasoline...

Originally Posted By: vinu_neuro If you want to do long drains with a 504 oil in a gasoline engine living in VA, go ahead. Who said anything about "long drains?"

Originally Posted By: vinu_neuro Originally Posted By: dbrowne1 Originally Posted By: vinu_neuro That's a diesel oil. It's also a "gasoline" oil. Euro L 5W-30 VW 504 00 and 507 00 Porsche C30 Mercedes Benz 229.51 BMW LL-04 Fiat 9.55535-S1 Chrysler MS-11106 Exceeds the requirements of ACEA...