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I've got a Beetle with a turbo. Is that thing doing nasty destruction to my oil? Maybe I should cut intervals in half (to 5000).

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 My thoughts on a slightly heavier grade are borne from 4 decades of wearing out service trucks in one of the hardest duty cycles on the planet. We routinely run the spec oil until the consumption inevitably increases at very high mileage. Then we simply go up one...

Honda used to sell Civic hybrids and HXs with lean burn. But later models turned-off that feature. Do any other car companies use lean burn?

$25 at a nearby I95 truckstop. It's a Honda civic, and I have no idea what oil the previous owner had.

The engine says 5w-20 but it's also very old (200,000 miles). Think it would be alright to use Delvac 1? I've had extremely good results with it (two cars went almost 400,000 miles).

Originally Posted By: JOD Originally Posted By: RamFan What advantage does low sulfur bring? CO, HC & NOx are all reduced, and there's less corrosion on valve guides, cylinder walls and the entire exhaust system. It's funny how I can hear completely different things. On this forum I hear...

It seems odd the Pennzoil Ultra is not listed as a dexos oil, when it's upposedly the "best" oil they sell. Also is rather odd their website was never updated to list "dexos" under the Platinum brand. From: [email protected] Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:44 AM Yes, Pennzoil...

So what's the ppm in the other 49 states? If it's high sulphur, it's a bit surprising that you can buy SULEV/PZEV cars with 150,000 mile catalysts warranties in New England. The sulphur would poison the catalytic converters. California did thinks a bit backwards. They enacted new stringent in...

It's a two-stroke glowplug engine that uses a 1 part oil, 4 part glowfuel mixture (i.e. 20% oil; 80% fuel). No piston ring (it's aluminum inside a nickle-plated sleeve). http://www.osengines.com/engines/la.html

Originally Posted By: HollowEyes Originally Posted By: rrrrrroger So it's probably doing the same on the bottom of your oil sump. I would doubt that. Unless my oil sump sits open and exposed to air for a few weeks at a time Mine does. (It isn't an airtight tank.)

Originally Posted By: cptbarkey i was hoping to see a more current model insight, but that car is a commercial and a product failure anyway. too bad. Well who wants a two seat car? Where do you put your kid? Honda should have made it in 2 and 4 seat version (like they did with CRZ) There's a...

Saying "If you use this add. pack you are dexos qualified" seems pretty weak. A small farmers' coop could take cheap 50 cent oil, add the dexos additives, and then be certified. At least that's how it appears. And Pennzoil is on the list but only the Blend carries the green symbol. It makes me...

Yes VW does actual mechanical tests on the oil (or so I've been told by VWforums). No not with an engine. VW has a problem with premature wear in their camshafts and turbos, so they only let europeans use certain VW-tested oils.

I never used any Mobil but Delvac 1. It's possible the other mixes are inferior & "noisy"?

Thanks. Could have saved us both time & said that the first time. Still think I'd rather use OE synthetic than Maxlife synth/natural blend.