Recent content by ryanm8

Castrol CVT fluid has been working better than OEM on my girlfriend's Nissan rogue. If it meets your spec, use with confidence. My guess is that the new Honda spec is probably lower viscosity so they say they are incompatible, when in reality the only detriment would be a bit of fuel economy loss.

I'm now a fan of multi ATF products. With the possible exception of euro manufacturers, I think most OEM's spec relatively low quality ATF that is not fully synthetic. They tend to degrade fairly quickly. One example I can think of is with my girlfriend's Nissan Rogue. I always used Nissan NS2...

I agree with edyvw. If you plan on occasionally going to the track, just use Castrol 0w40 year round.

The newer M cars spec 0w40.

I've always used Mann filters on my BMW and VW. They always come out looking like new after. Never any tearing or waviness. Hard to see how there could be an improvement on them (other than price).

Nice looking UOA.

The oil held up surprisingly well. Do you do mostly highway miles? Still, I would back off to 10k miles since even BMW knew 15k was pushing it.

The impression I get when reading this is that a 0wXX oil would always protect better than a 10wXX oil would. While true for extremely low temperatures, wouldn't the thicker oil protect better above ~0 deg. F until up to operating temp?

Not all are a quart. I would just add 1/2 a quart, and check it again the next day.

Didn't the VW cars (GTI, Tiguan, CC, etc.) of those years have the same engine? I never seem to hear about them having the same issues that the Audi's did.

Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog Originally Posted By: ryanm8 I know all about Aisin. But this transmission just came out in 2014, at least in VW's. And it came out with a new ATF from VW as well. Why would they make a new fluid if the 10 year old stuff is fine? I also disagree with your...

I know all about Aisin. But this transmission just came out in 2014, at least in VW's. And it came out with a new ATF from VW as well. Why would they make a new fluid if the 10 year old stuff is fine? I also disagree with your assessment of AT's. They are under more stress than ever with...

Thanks for this. Edge appears to have held up a bit better.

VW G 055 540 A2 is a newer spec designed for the new 09g gen 2 transmission. I can't imagine that these 10 year old formulations such as MaxLife and Toyota WS are completely suitable. That's why I went with the OEM fluid.

I was wondering the same thing as OP when I changed my ATF. I ended up just buying the OEM fluid though. Would be curious to see if the Toyota fluid is as good.