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If its around the same price and gives same/better info I am all for it. Got a link?

When you dont figure in shipping, it costs about 10-15 bucks more per oil change than the Castrol Syntec 502.00 oil I used. And that is including the 6th qt for spare in my trunk.

Youch... just got of the phone with the oil company, and it looks like it will be ~76 bucks shipped to get that special oil.

May 2007

Know of anyone who has installed an aftermarket camshaft to narrow down the high Iron source? It seems like we are taking wild stabs into the dark as to what might be causing high iron content.

One question I had for you was with the iron wear levels on the FSI engines. Now with the RS4 engine, I understand that it is an aluminum block, but on the 2.0T it is an iron block. Wouldn't the 2.0T engine naturally have higher iron levels in the oil as the cylinder bores wore over time...

I would love to try that out, but right now with the whole "new car" thing, I dont want to do anything that might cause harm to my warranty. Will that oil ever fall into the offcial 502.00 spec to not void the lubricated engine parts warranty?

Haha, just noticed that too. They put my oil analysis into the wrong bunch. I have the 2.0T FSI engine, not the 2.0L n/a

Yes it is the FSI engine, but I am not sure how it "has" the fuel dilution and increased wear at this present time. I understand that it could, but it doesn't appear so at this time. Fuel percentage is low, flash point is up, so it was looking decent at least.

First oil change on my new car, and surprisingly fast return from blackstone labs (I sent this thing in Saturday night USPS, and I got an email today, Monday). First oil change brought out a lot of material into my drain pan, so I was pretty glad I got out all that junk before the 5k mark listed...