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I bought some gc on sale at walmart to try until winter and then I'm going to switch to redline before the temp goes below 0. I hope the advertised pour points are accurate. Last December we had a two week cold snap here in Edmonton where the temps were below -40 every day, the worst being a...

Could I run gc year rond without any problems? The manual says 5w-40 was the factory fill and 0w30 seems a bit light! But gc is a little thicker than advertised isn't it?

Thanks for the replies. Thinking about trying some gc for this oil change and see how it goes. It's nice to see it's so easily available at Wal-Mart in Canada. What about running 5w-40 amsoil euro in the summer?

Hi, I am new to this site and have a few questions about my newly acquired car. I picked up a 2003 VW GTI VR6 (24V) with 90,000 kms (56,000 miles) on it. I have never owned a German vehicle before and I am about to do my first oil change on it in a couple days. It runs excellent and I plan on...