Recent content by johnLZ7W

Originally Posted By: FlyPenFly Right around that mileage is when Audi engines start showing problems with valve intake deposits. It is, I had mine cleaned the beginning of the summer and they were pretty gnarly.

Originally Posted By: dparm The viscosity would have to be way out of spec for it to think the pressure is low, if at all. What kind of corner did you see the warning light on? It was at the end of a short straight (between turn 3 and 4 at Portland International Raceway) before starting to...

Originally Posted By: Audios Is it possible the enigne was starved of oil under heavy braking? Oil was probably all in the front of the pan, and maybe was not near the pickup? That's a good point and worth considering. I don't think I was going into the corner any faster or braking any harder...

Originally Posted By: kschachn I would not trust anything Blackstone says in regards to fuel dilution. They have repeatedly shown to be inaccurate in this regard, mostly due to their determination method (flash point). Interesting, so it's possible that there's more fuel dilution than reported...

Originally Posted By: double vanos Makes one wonder if there were additional changes beyond location of production with the move from Germany to Belgium. Like a cheaper base oil. Sure hope not. Huh, I will have to check and see where the new bottles I just bought are made. I thought it was all...

Originally Posted By: dogememe They mention in the report you have a low oil pressure warning? ahh yes... Had a bit of a scare on track which is why I had sent the sample in early. Just going into a braking zone and looked down to see a low oil pressure warning on the cluster. Got back into...

This is my daily driver, road trip, track car. 75% of my driving is city with a short daily commute. I average 6 track days a year all during the summer months. I typically change the oil at 5k miles or after two track days. In the first 50k miles the engine would get either the dealer Castrol...